Ezekiel 25:15

Eze 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;

Ver. 15. Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge. ] See on Ezekiel 25:12-13 . Heathens thought revenge lawful, and tallying of injuries to be but justice. But Christianity teacheth us that non minus mali est referre iniuriam, quam inferre, a

For the old hatred. ] The Philistines were of the old inhabitants the Canaanites, and kept up a deadly feud.

a Lactant.