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

• 1. 25:7 See ch. 6:14
• 2. 25:7 [ver. 4; ch. 7:21]
• 3. 25:8 See Isa. 15:1-9; Jer. 48:1-47
• 4. 25:8 See ver. 12
• 5. 25:8 See Jer. 25:17-26
• 6. 25:9 [See ver. 8 above]
• 7. 25:9 Josh. 12:3
• 8. 25:9 1 Chr. 5:8
• 9. 25:9 See Jer. 48:1
• 10. 25:10 ver. 2
• 11. 25:10 ver. 4
• 12. 25:10 ch. 21:32
• 13. 25:11 [See ver. 8 above]
• 14. 25:11 See ch. 6:7
• 15. 25:12 ver. 8; ch. 32:29; 35:2, 5; 2 Chr. 28:17; Ps. 137:7; Isa. 21:11; 34:5; Amos 1:11, 12; See Jer. 49:7-22; Obad. 1-21
• 16. 25:12 ver. 15
• 17. 25:13 See ch. 6:14
• 18. 25:13 1 Chr. 1:45; Amos 1:12
• 19. 25:13 ch. 27:15, 20; 38:13; Isa. 21:13
• 20. 25:14 Amos 9:12; Obad. 18
• 21. 25:14 [ver. 17]
• 22. 25:15 Jer. 25:20; 47:1; Joel 3:4; Amos 1:6; Zeph. 2:4; See Isa. 14:29-31
• 23. 25:15 ver. 12
• 24. 25:15 ver. 6; ch. 36:5
• 25. 25:16 [See ver. 13 above]
• 26. 25:16 See 1 Sam. 30:14
• 27. 25:17 ch. 5:15
• 28. 25:17 [ver. 14]

Footnotes

• [a] 25:8 Septuagint lacks 'and Seir'