Ezekiel 25:4-6

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,

Ezekiel 25:4-6 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 7

  • 1. S Genesis 25:6; S Judges 6:3
  • 2. S Numbers 31:10
  • 3. Deuteronomy 28:33,51; S Judges 6:33
  • 4. S Deuteronomy 3:11; Ezekiel 21:20
  • 5. S S Isaiah 17:2
  • 6. S Numbers 24:10
  • 7. S Ezekiel 6:11; Obadiah 1:12; Zephaniah 2:8
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