Zephaniah 2:5

Translations

Modern

Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”

Traditional

Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the Lord is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

Literal

Woe to those dwelling on the coast of the sea, O nation of Cherethites. The word of YHWH is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines, “And I will make you perish and no one will be dwelling!”

Latin

Væ qui habitatis funiculum maris, gens perditorum! verbum Domini super vos, Chanaan, terra Philisthinorum; et disperdam te, ita ut non sit inhabitator.

Original

Hebrew

English

Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”

Notes

Zephaniah 2:5

Old Testament scholars think the Philistines came from the island of Crete (compare Ezekiel 25:16).

Zephaniah 2:4–15

Zephaniah started his messages with the Philistines, whose kingdom was west of Judah (Zephaniah 2:4–7). He then addressed Moab and Ammon to the east (Zephaniah 2:8–11), and finally mentioned Cush (Ethiopia) to the south (2:12) and Assyria to the north (2:13–15).

Events

Prophecies of Zephaniahc. 610 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 25:16
…therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
Jeremiah 47:7
How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
Joshua 13:3
…from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
Amos 3:1
Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
Mark 12:12
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
Isaiah 14:30
Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
Amos 5:1
Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:
Zechariah 1:6
But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
Zephaniah 3:6
“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
Judges 3:3
…the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

Parallels

Jeremiah 47:1–7

People

Cherethites: Philistine tribe, often serving as royal guard

Places

Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants Philistia: An ancient people and region in Canaan

Glossary

Ashkelon Book of Zephaniah Kerethites

Topics

Cherethites: A Philistine Tribe, Which Adhered to David, and with the Pelethites Formed his Bodyguard Philistines: Called Cherethites Philistines: Prophecies Against The Philistines: Called: The Cherethites The Philistines: David: had a Guard Composed of The Philistines: Prophecies Respecting: Utter Destruction by Pharaoh King of Egypt

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