Zephaniah 2:5 meaning and explanation
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.”
Zephaniah 2:5, Berean Standard Bible
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The prophet Zephaniah speaks for God against the Philistines, Israel's old enemies on the Mediterranean coast. "Cherethites" is a name for a people closely linked with the Philistines, and "Canaan" here means that coastal land rather than the earlier Canaanites as a whole.
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