Ezekiel 25:1-7

Prophecy Against Ammon

1 The word of the LORD came to me:

2 ¹"Son of man, ²set your face toward ³the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

3 Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD: ⁴Thus says the Lord GOD, Because you said, ⁵'Aha!' over my ⁶sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile,

4 therefore behold, I am handing you over to ⁷the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.

5 I will make ⁸Rabbah a ⁹pasture for camels and Ammon^[a]10a fold for flocks. ¹¹Then you will know that I am the LORD.

6 For thus says the Lord GOD: Because ¹²you have clapped your hands ¹³and stamped your feet and ¹⁴rejoiced with all the ¹⁵malice within your soul against the land of Israel,

7 therefore, behold, ¹⁶I have stretched out my hand against you, and ¹⁷will 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.

Ezekiel 25:1-7 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

• 1. See Ezekiel 2:1
• 2. See Ezekiel 6:2
• 3. Ezekiel 21:20, 28; See Jeremiah 49:1-6
• 4. Ezekiel 2:4; Ezekiel 3:11, 27
• 5. Ezekiel 26:2; Ezekiel 36:2
• 6. See Ezekiel 7:22
• 7. Judges 6:3
• 8. 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26; See Ezekiel 21:20
• 9. [Zephaniah 2:15]
• 10. [Zephaniah 2:15]
• 11. [See Ezekiel 24:27 above]
• 12. Psalms 98:8; Isaiah 55:12
• 13. [Ezekiel 6:11]
• 14. [Zephaniah 2:8, 10]
• 15. ver. 15; Ezekiel 36:5
• 16. See Ezekiel 6:14
• 17. [ver. 4; Ezekiel 7:21]

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew and the Ammonites