Ezekiel 25:13

13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also ¹stretch out My hand against Edom and ²cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from ³Teman even to ⁴Dedan they will fall by the sword.

Ezekiel 25:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 25:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord God
Because of such base and barbarous usage, from a people that were originally brethren: I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and
beast from it;
by the army of Nebuchadnezzar, by the sword of the Chaldeans, and by famine and pestilence, and such like sore judgments; in which the hand of God is manifestly seen: and I will make it desolate from Teman;
a very principal city of Edom, so called from Teman, the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, ( Genesis 36:15 ) it lay in the south of the land of Idumea; the Targum renders it, "from the south": and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword;
of the Babylonians; this was another city of Edom, it lay in the north of that country; so that hereby is signified that destruction should go through it from the southern to the northern parts of it.

Ezekiel 25:13 In-Context

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

12 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because Edom 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 stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

14 "I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom according to My anger and according to My wrath; thus they will know My vengeance," declares the Lord GOD.

15 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,"

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 49:8, 13
• 2. Ezekiel 29:8; Malachi 1:3, 4
• 3. Genesis 36:34; Jeremiah 49:7; Amos 1:12
• 4. Jeremiah 25:23; Jeremiah 49:8