The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 25
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, set your face toward the
children of Ammon, and prophesy against
them.
3 Tell the children of Ammon, ‘Hear the
word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says,
“Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against
my sanctuary when it was profaned, and
againstthe land ofIsrael whenit was made
desolate, and against the house of Judah
when they went into captivity,
4 therefore, behold, I will deliver you to
the children of the east for a possession.
They will set their encampments in you
and make their dwellings in you. They
will eat your fruit and they will drink your
milk.
5 I will make Rabbah a stable for camels
and the children of Ammon a resting place
for flocks. Then you will know that I am
Yahweh.”
6 For the Lord Yahweh says: “Because
you have clapped your hands, stamped
with the feet, and rejoiced with all the
contempt of your soul against the land of
Israel,
7 therefore, behold, I have stretched out
my hand on you, and will deliver you for
a plunder to the nations. I will cut you off
from the peoples, and I will cause you to
perish out of the countries. I will destroy
you. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”
8 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because
Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of
Judah is like all the nations,’
9 therefore, behold, I will open the side
of Moab from the cities, from his cities
which are on its frontiers, the glory of the
country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and
Kiriathaim,
10 to the children ofthe east, to go against
the children of Ammon; and I will give
them for a possession, that the children of
Ammon may not be remembered among
the nations.
11 I will execute judgments on Moab.
Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”
12 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because
Edom has dealt against the house of Judah
by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended,
and taken revenge on them,”
13 therefore the Lord Yahwehsays, “I will
stretch out my hand on Edom, and will
cut off man and animal from it; and I will
make it desolate from Teman. They will
fall by the sword even to Dedan.
14 I will lay my vengeance on Edom by
the hand of my people Israel. They will
do in Edom according to my anger and according
to my wrath. Then they will know
my vengeance,” says the Lord Yahweh.
15 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because the
Philistines have taken revenge, and have
taken vengeance with contempt of soul to
destroy with perpetual hostility,”
16 therefore the Lord Yahweh says,
“Behold, I will stretch out my hand on
the Philistines, and I will cut off the
Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of
the sea coast.
17 I will execute great vengeance on
them with wrathful rebukes. Then they
will know thatI am Yahweh, when Ilay my
vengeance on them.