Ezechiele 25:14

14 E rimetterò la mia vendetta sopra Edom nelle mani del mio popolo d’Israele; esso tratterà Edom secondo la mia ira e secondo il mio furore; ed essi conosceranno la mia vendetta, dice il Signore, l’Eterno.

Ezechiele 25:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 25:14

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by fie hand of my people
Israel
This was fulfilled in the times of the Maccabees, when Judas Maccabins overthrew and conquered them, ``Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arabattine, because they besieged Gael: and he gave them a great overthrow, and abated their courage, and took their spoils.'' (1 Maccabees 5:3) and when Hyrcanus took their cities, and subdued them, and they became Jews, as Josephus ^F24 relates; though Kimchi thinks this refers to future time, and is yet to be accomplished; and it is, by the ancient Jews ^F25, understood of the times of the Messiah: some choose to understand the phrase, by the hand of my people Israel,
the same hand by which judgment was inflicted upon Israel; suggesting that by the same hand vengeance would be inflicted on the Edomites, namely, by the Babylonians: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my
fury;
that is, shall execute all the anger and fury, or all that punishment in anger and fury, which the Lord in righteous judgment has appointed them to, and has determined shall be performed upon them, by the children of Israel or the Babylonians, as his instruments: and they shall know my vengeance,
saith the Lord God; the meaning is, they shall feel it, and be sensible of it, and know that it comes from the Lord himself; full of resentment against them, and highly displeased at their behaviour towards his people Israel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Antiqu. l. 13. c. 9. sect. 1.
F25 In Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 2. fol. 179. 3.

Ezechiele 25:14 In-Context

12 Così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Poiché quelli d’Edom si sono crudelmente vendicati della casa di Giuda e si sono resi gravemente colpevoli vendicandosi d’essa,

13 così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Io stenderò la mia mano contro Edom, sterminerò uomini e bestie, ne farò un deserto fino da Theman, e fino a Dedan cadranno per la spada.

14 E rimetterò la mia vendetta sopra Edom nelle mani del mio popolo d’Israele; esso tratterà Edom secondo la mia ira e secondo il mio furore; ed essi conosceranno la mia vendetta, dice il Signore, l’Eterno.

15 Così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Poiché i Filistei si sono abbandonati alla vendetta e si sono crudelmente vendicati, collo sprezzo che nutrivano nell’anima, dandosi alla distruzione per odio antico,

16 così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Ecco, io stenderò la mia mano contro i Filistei, sterminerò i Kerethei, e distruggerò il rimanente della costa del mare;