Ezekiel 25:6-16

6 'For thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you have 1clapped your hands and stamped your feet and 2rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel,
7 therefore, behold, I have 3stretched out My hand against you and I will give you for 4spoil to the nations. And I will 5cut you off from the peoples and 6make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will 7know that I am the LORD."

Moab

8 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because 8Moab 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, 9Beth-jeshimoth, 10Baal-meon and 11Kiriathaim,
10 and I will give it for a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the 12sons 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 13Edom 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 14stretch out My hand against Edom and 15cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from 16Teman even to 17Dedan they will fall by the sword.
14 "18I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom 19according to My anger and according to My wrath; thus they will know My vengeance," declares the Lord GOD.

Philistia

15 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the Philistines have acted in 20revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,"
16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will 21stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the 22Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast *.

Ezekiel 25:6-16 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 22

  • 1. Job 27:23; Nahum 3:19
  • 2. Obadiah 12; Zephaniah 2:8, 10
  • 3. Ezekiel 25:13, 16; Zephaniah 1:4
  • 4. Isaiah 33:4; Ezekiel 26:5
  • 5. Ezekiel 21:32
  • 6. Amos 1:14, 15
  • 7. Ezekiel 6:14
  • 8. Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 48:1; Amos 2:1, 2
  • 9. Numbers 33:49; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:20
  • 10. Numbers 32:3, 38; Joshua 13:17; 1 Chronicles 5:8; Jeremiah 48:23
  • 11. Numbers 32:37; Joshua 13:19; Jeremiah 48:1, 23
  • 12. Ezekiel 25:4
  • 13. 2 Chronicles 28:17; Psalms 137:7; Jeremiah 49:7-22
  • 14. Jeremiah 49:8, 13
  • 15. Ezekiel 29:8; Malachi 1:3, 4
  • 16. Genesis 36:34; Jeremiah 49:7; Amos 1:12
  • 17. Jeremiah 25:23; Jeremiah 49:8
  • 18. Isaiah 11:14
  • 19. Ezekiel 35:11
  • 20. Isaiah 14:29-31; Ezekiel 25:6, 12; Joel 3:4
  • 21. Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1-7
  • 22. 1 Samuel 30:14; Zephaniah 2:5

Footnotes 2

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