Reference

Ezekiel 25:15

Thus saith the Lord God; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
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Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

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And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.

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Thus saith the Lord God; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;

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Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

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And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Destruction / Perishing Language
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Literal Fulfillment
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This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Punishment Language
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This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)
Multi-Signal Classification
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This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Counter-Arguments

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Destruction / Perishing Language

While the verse mentions the Philistines' desire "to destroy," this refers to their intent and action, not necessarily a divine pronouncement of their own destruction or perishing.

Literal Fulfillment

While the verse describes past actions of the Philistines, it doesn't inherently predict a future event that would then be literally fulfilled; rather, it describes a past motivation for their actions.

Punishment Language

The verse describes the Philistines' actions as taking vengeance, but it does not explicitly state that God will punish them using "punish, torment, vengeance, wrath, recompense, or retribution language."

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes God's judgment against the Philistines and begins with "Thus saith the Lord God," which indicates a divine message delivered through a prophet, but it does not describe *how* that message was received by Ezekiel (e.g., dream, vision, audible voice).