Ezekiel 25:3-13

3 and say to the sons of Ammon, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you said, '¹Aha!' against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,

4 therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the ²sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will ³eat your fruit and drink your milk.

5 "I will make ⁴Rabbah a pasture for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Thus you will know that I am the LORD."

6 'For thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you have ⁵clapped your hands and stamped your feet and ⁶rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel,

7 therefore, behold, I have ⁷stretched out My hand against you and I will give you for ⁸spoil to the nations. And I will ⁹cut you off from the peoples and ¹⁰make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will ¹¹know that I am the LORD."

Moab

8 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because ¹²Moab and Seir say, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,'

9 therefore, behold, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, ¹³Beth-jeshimoth, ¹⁴Baal-meon and ¹⁵Kiriathaim,

10 and I will give it for a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the ¹⁶sons of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations.

11 "Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD."

Edom

12 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because ¹⁷Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred grievous guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,"

13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also ¹⁸stretch out My hand against Edom and ¹⁹cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from ²⁰Teman even to ²¹Dedan they will fall by the sword.

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Ezekiel 25:3-13 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 21

1. Psalms 70:2, 3; Ezekiel 21:28; Ezekiel 25:6; Ezekiel 26:2; Ezekiel 36:2
2. Judges 6:3, 33; 1 Kings 4:30
3. Deuteronomy 28:33, 51; Isaiah 1:7
4. Deuteronomy 3:11; 2 Samuel 12:26; Jeremiah 49:2; Ezekiel 21:20
5. Job 27:23; Nahum 3:19
6. Obadiah 12; Zephaniah 2:8, 10
7. Ezekiel 25:13, 16; Zephaniah 1:4
8. Isaiah 33:4; Ezekiel 26:5
9. Ezekiel 21:32
10. Amos 1:14, 15
11. Ezekiel 6:14
12. Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 48:1; Amos 2:1, 2
13. Numbers 33:49; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:20
14. Numbers 32:3, 38; Joshua 13:17; 1 Chronicles 5:8; Jeremiah 48:23
15. Numbers 32:37; Joshua 13:19; Jeremiah 48:1, 23
16. Ezekiel 25:4
17. 2 Chronicles 28:17; Psalms 137:7; Jeremiah 49:7-22
18. Jeremiah 49:8, 13
19. Ezekiel 29:8; Malachi 1:3, 4
20. Genesis 36:34; Jeremiah 49:7; Amos 1:12
21. Jeremiah 25:23; Jeremiah 49:8

Footnotes 3

[a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
[b]. Lit "open"
[c]. Lit "end"