The Cherethites— The Cretans. They are supposed to have been a colony of the Philistines. See the note on 1 Samuel 30:14.
Related Commentaries of Zephaniah 2:5
Zephaniah 2:5
5 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.