Ezekiel 25

Judgment on Gentile Nations--Ammon

1 And the word of the LORD came to me saying,

2 "Son of man, set your face toward the ¹sons of Ammon and prophesy against them,

3 and say to the sons of Ammon, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you said, '²Aha!' 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 ³sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will ⁴eat your fruit and drink your milk.

5 "I will make ⁵Rabbah 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 ⁶clapped your hands and stamped your feet and ⁷rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel,

7 therefore, behold, I have ⁸stretched out My hand against you and I will give you for ⁹spoil to the nations. And I will ¹⁰cut you off from the peoples and ¹¹make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will ¹²know that I am the LORD."

Moab

8 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because ¹³Moab 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, ¹⁴Beth-jeshimoth, ¹⁵Baal-meon and ¹⁶Kiriathaim,

10 and I will give it for a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the ¹⁷sons 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 ¹⁸Edom 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 ¹⁹stretch out My hand against Edom and ²⁰cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from ²¹Teman even to ²²Dedan they will fall by the sword.

14 "²³I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom ²⁴according 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 ²⁵revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,"

16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will ²⁶stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the ²⁷Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast *.

17 "I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will ²⁸know that I am the LORD when I lay My vengeance on them.""'

Ezekiel 25 Commentary

Chapter 25

Judgments against the Ammonites. (1-7) Against the Moabites, Edomites, and Philistines. (8-17)

1-7. It is wicked to be glad at the calamities of any, especially of God's people; it is a sin for which he will surely reckon. God will make it appear that he is the God of Israel, though he suffers them for a time to be captives in Babylon. It is better to know Him, and to be poor, than to be rich and ignorant of him.

Verses 8-17 Though one event seem to the righteous and wicked, it is vastly different. Those who glory in any other defence and protection than the Divine power, providence, and promise, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their glorying. Those who will not leave it to God to take vengeance for them, may expect that he will take vengeance on them. The equity of the Lord's judgments is to be observed, when he not only avenges injuries upon those that did them, but by those against whom they were done. Those who treasure up old hatred, and watch for the opportunity of manifesting it, are treasuring up for themselves wrath against the day of wrath.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 49:1-6; Amos 1:13-15; Zephaniah 2:9
• 2. Psalms 70:2, 3; Ezekiel 21:28; Ezekiel 25:6; Ezekiel 26:2; Ezekiel 36:2
• 3. Judges 6:3, 33; 1 Kings 4:30
• 4. Deuteronomy 28:33, 51; Isaiah 1:7
• 5. Deuteronomy 3:11; 2 Samuel 12:26; Jeremiah 49:2; Ezekiel 21:20
• 6. Job 27:23; Nahum 3:19
• 7. Obadiah 12; Zephaniah 2:8, 10
• 8. Ezekiel 25:13, 16; Zephaniah 1:4
• 9. Isaiah 33:4; Ezekiel 26:5
• 10. Ezekiel 21:32
• 11. Amos 1:14, 15
• 12. Ezekiel 6:14
• 13. Isaiah 15:1; Jeremiah 48:1; Amos 2:1, 2
• 14. Numbers 33:49; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:20
• 15. Numbers 32:3, 38; Joshua 13:17; 1 Chronicles 5:8; Jeremiah 48:23
• 16. Numbers 32:37; Joshua 13:19; Jeremiah 48:1, 23
• 17. Ezekiel 25:4
• 18. 2 Chronicles 28:17; Psalms 137:7; Jeremiah 49:7-22
• 19. Jeremiah 49:8, 13
• 20. Ezekiel 29:8; Malachi 1:3, 4
• 21. Genesis 36:34; Jeremiah 49:7; Amos 1:12
• 22. Jeremiah 25:23; Jeremiah 49:8
• 23. Isaiah 11:14
• 24. Ezekiel 35:11
• 25. Isaiah 14:29-31; Ezekiel 25:6, 12; Joel 3:4
• 26. Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1-7
• 27. 1 Samuel 30:14; Zephaniah 2:5
• 28. Psalms 9:16

Footnotes

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

Chapter Summary

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.