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;

Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge ... to destroy it for the old hatred - (; 1 Samuel 14:1; , in Ahaz' reign, "The Philistines ... had invaded the cities ... of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon," etc.) The "old hatred" refers to their continual enmity to the covenant-people. They lay along Judea on the sea coast, at the opposite side from Ammon and Moab. They were overthrown by Uzziah (), and by Hezekiah (). Nebuchadnezzar overran the cities on the sea coast on his way to Egypt, after besieging Tyre, (Jeremiah 47:1) God will take vengeance on those who take the avenging of themselves out of His hands into their own (Romans 12:19; ).