Ezekiel 25:7-17

7 therefore, behold, 1I have stretched out my hand against you, and 2will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

8 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because 3Moab and 4Seir[a] said, 'Behold, the 5house of Judah is like all the other nations,'
9 therefore 6I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, 7Beth-jeshimoth, 8Baal-meon, and 9Kiriathaim.
10 I will give it 10along with the Ammonites 11to the people of the East as a possession, 12that the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations,
11 13and I will execute judgments upon Moab. 14Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Prophecy Against Edom

12 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because 15Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended 16in taking vengeance on them,
13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 17I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from 18Teman even to 19Dedan they shall fall by the sword.
14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom 20by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and 21they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.

Prophecy Against Philistia

15 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because 22the Philistines 23acted revengefully and took vengeance 24with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity,
16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 25Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off 26the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast.
17 I will execute great vengeance on them 27with wrathful rebukes. 28Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them."

Ezekiel 25:7-17 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 28

  • 1. See Ezekiel 6:14
  • 2. [ver. 4; Ezekiel 7:21]
  • 3. See Isaiah 15:1-9; Jeremiah 48:1-47
  • 4. See ver. 12
  • 5. See Jeremiah 25:17-26
  • 6. [See ver. 8 above]
  • 7. Joshua 12:3
  • 8. 1 Chronicles 5:8
  • 9. See Jeremiah 48:1
  • 10. ver. 2
  • 11. ver. 4
  • 12. Ezekiel 21:32
  • 13. [See ver. 8 above]
  • 14. See Ezekiel 6:7
  • 15. 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
  • 16. ver. 15
  • 17. See Ezekiel 6:14
  • 18. 1 Chronicles 1:45; Amos 1:12
  • 19. Ezekiel 27:15, 20; Ezekiel 38:13; Isaiah 21:13
  • 20. Amos 9:12; Obadiah 18
  • 21. [ver. 17]
  • 22. Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1; Joel 3:4; Amos 1:6; Zephaniah 2:4; See Isaiah 14:29-31
  • 23. ver. 12
  • 24. ver. 6; Ezekiel 36:5
  • 25. [See ver. 13 above]
  • 26. See 1 Samuel 30:14
  • 27. Ezekiel 5:15
  • 28. [ver. 14]

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Septuagint lacks and Seir
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