Ezekiel 25:1-7

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."

Ezekiel 25:1-7 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. 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

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch