Ezekiel 25:16
25:16 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill 1 the Cherethites 2 and destroy those who remain on the seacoast.
Ezekiel 36:36
36:36 Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken – and I will do it!’
Ezekiel 39:14
39:14 They will designate men to scout continually 3 through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground, 4 in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months.
Ezekiel 44:2
44:2 The Lord said to me: “This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.
Ezekiel 46:17
46:17 But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will be his until the year of liberty; 5 then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance will only remain with his sons.
1 tn In Hebrew the verb “and I will cut off” sounds like its object, “the Cherethites,” and draws attention to the statement.
2 sn This is a name for the Philistines, many of whom migrated to Palestine from Crete.
3 tn Heb “men of perpetuity.”
4 tn Heb “and bury the travelers and those who remain on the surface of the ground.” The reference to “travelers” seems odd and is omitted in the LXX. It is probably an accidental duplication (see v. 11).
5 sn That is, the year of Jubilee (Lev 25:8-15).