God gives up Israel to those who hate her and He diminishes her territory 

Ezekiel 16:27

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“Behold, therefore, I stretched out My hand against you, diminished your allotment, and gave you up to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.” Ezekiel 16:27

The “Philistines” were the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip in the Old Testament times. The “…daughters of the Philistines…” can be thought of as everyone who gathers with the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip to conspire against Israel. That would include the Palestinians of the West Bank, the people of Lebanon, Syria, Iran, etc. The State of Israel is being given up to those who hate her.

The hand of the Lord is stretched out against the State of Israel, meaning the wrath of His anger is coming against them. The Lord has been coming against the State of Israel since it was established in 1948. They have been involved in 18 wars since 1948, and even had a war in 1948.  Click for a list of those wars and scroll close to the bottom of the page. God gathered the Israelites to the State of Israel in 1948 to unleash His fury on them, “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.” Ezekiel 22:19-20

For Israel’s allotment to be diminished is to have their territory reduced. That has definitely happened! The Gaza Strip has reduced a part of Israel’s territory, and the West Bank has reduced an even larger chunk. In fact, even Jerusalem is divided in half: half is in Israel (West Jerusalem) and half is in the West Bank (East Jerusalem). The establishment of the “Two State Solution” will continue to diminish the allotment of Israel. Israel indeed is being given up to her enemies and her allotment diminished. This is shown on the maps below.

The picture below shows the West Bank in white and also the Gaza Strip in white (southwest corner of Israel on the Mediterranean Sea). The orange color is the territory of Israel. Originally, all of the West Bank and Gaza Strip was colored orange.

The map below shows the original allotment of Israel before it was diminished by the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This picture cuts off the southern part of Israel, but it is shaped exactly like the picture above.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11