“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.”
Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left—the woe invokes judgment-language; the Philistines as 'nation of the Cherethites' face annihilation. The assurance of complete depopulation emphasizes the totality of judgment. Each judgment declaration advances the promise that evil will not endure.
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