Ezekiel 25:3-8

3 Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you said “Aha!” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,

4 therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

5 I will turn Rabbah into a pasture for camels and Ammon into a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

6 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,

7 therefore I will stretch out my hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

A Prophecy Against Moab

8 “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,”

Ezekiel 25:3-8 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. S Psalms 35:21; Ezekiel 26:2; Ezekiel 36:2
• 2. Zephaniah 2:8
• 3. S Proverbs 17:5
• 4. S Genesis 25:6; S Judges 6:3
• 5. S Numbers 31:10
• 6. Deuteronomy 28:33,51; S Judges 6:33
• 7. S Deuteronomy 3:11; Ezekiel 21:20
• 8. S S Isaiah 17:2
• 9. S Numbers 24:10
• 10. S Ezekiel 6:11; Obadiah 1:12; Zephaniah 2:8
• 11. Zephaniah 1:4
• 12. S Numbers 14:3
• 13. Ezekiel 21:31
• 14. ver 13-14,17; Amos 1:14-15
• 15. S Genesis 19:37; S Deuteronomy 23:6; S Isaiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48:1; Amos 2:1
• 16. S Genesis 14:6