Ezekiel 25:10-17

10 I will give it 1along with the Ammonites 2to the people of the East as a possession, 3that the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations,
11 4and I will execute judgments upon Moab. 5Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Prophecy Against Edom

12 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because 6Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended 7in taking vengeance on them,
13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 8I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from 9Teman even to 10Dedan they shall fall by the sword.
14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom 11by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and 12they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.

Prophecy Against Philistia

15 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because 13the Philistines 14acted revengefully and took vengeance 15with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity,
16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 16Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off 17the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast.
17 I will execute great vengeance on them 18with wrathful rebukes. 19Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them."

Ezekiel 25:10-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 25

In this chapter the prophet foretells the judgments of God upon the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Philistines, for their ill usage of the Jews; on the Ammonites, Eze 25:1-7, on the Moabites, Eze 25:8-11, on the Edomites, Eze 25:12-14, on the Philistines, Eze 25:15-17.

Cross References 19

  • 1. ver. 2
  • 2. ver. 4
  • 3. Ezekiel 21:32
  • 4. [See ver. 8 above]
  • 5. See Ezekiel 6:7
  • 6. ver. 8; Ezekiel 32:29; Ezekiel 35:2, 5; 2 Chronicles 28:17; Psalms 137:7; Isaiah 21:11; Isaiah 34:5; Amos 1:11, 12; See Jeremiah 49:7-22; Obad. 1-21
  • 7. ver. 15
  • 8. See Ezekiel 6:14
  • 9. 1 Chronicles 1:45; Amos 1:12
  • 10. Ezekiel 27:15, 20; Ezekiel 38:13; Isaiah 21:13
  • 11. Amos 9:12; Obadiah 18
  • 12. [ver. 17]
  • 13. Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1; Joel 3:4; Amos 1:6; Zephaniah 2:4; See Isaiah 14:29-31
  • 14. ver. 12
  • 15. ver. 6; Ezekiel 36:5
  • 16. [See ver. 13 above]
  • 17. See 1 Samuel 30:14
  • 18. Ezekiel 5:15
  • 19. [ver. 14]
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