Self-interpreting Bible
Ezekiel 25
1God's vengeance upon the Ammonites, 8upon Moab and Seir, 12upon Edom, 15and upon the Philistines, for their declared malevolence to the Jews.
1 THE word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, aset thy face bagainst the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
- a: Eze. 6:2 , Eze. 20:46 , Eze. 21:2
- b: Ge. 19:35 , Ge. 19:38 , Judges 10 , Judges 11 , 1 Samuel 11 , 2 Samuel 10 , 2 Samuel 12 , Am. 1:11 - 14 , Je. 9:25 , Je. 9:26 , Je. 25:21 , Je. 25:27 , Je. 49:1 - 6 , Eze. 21:28 - 32 , Zep. 2:9 - 11
3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; cBecause thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when dit was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
- c: Ps. 70:2 , Ps. 70:3 , Pr. 17:5 , Pr. 24:17 , Pr. 24:18 , Eze. 21:28 , Zep. 2:8 , Eze. 26:2 , Eze. 35:10 - 15 , Ob. vs. 10 , Ob. vs. 12 , Eze. 25:6 , Eze. 25:8
- d: Eze. 22:16
4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the 1men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
- 1: Heb. children. ch. 21.19,20. Je. 25.9,21. Nu. 23.7. Is. 2.6. Ge. 11.2. Pr. 17.5. , Eze. 21:19 , Eze. 21:20 , Je. 25:9 , Je. 25:21 , Nu. 23:7 , Is. 2:6 , Ge. 11:2 , Pr. 17:5
5 And I will make eRabbah fa stable for camels, and the Ammonites a *couchingplace for flocks: and gye shall know that I am the LORD.
- e: Eze. 21:20 , 2Sa. 12:26
- f: Is. 17:2 , Is. 32:14 , Zep. 2:14 , Zep. 2:15
- *: couchingplace-place to lie down.
- g: Eze. 24:24 , Eze. 26:6 , Eze. 35:9 , Ps. 9:16
6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; hBecause thou hast clapped thine 2hands, and stamped with the 3feet, and irejoiced in 4heart with all thy *despite against the land of Israel;
7 Behold, therefore I jwill stretch out mine hand upon thee, and kwill deliver thee for 5a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; land thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
- j: Eze. 25:13 , Eze. 25:16 , Eze. 14:9 , Zep. 1:4
- k: Je. 49:2 , Je. 49:3 , Je. 49:28 , Je. 25:9 , Je. 25:21 , Eze. 21:31 , Eze. 21:32 , Am. 1:14 , Zep. 2:9 , Eze. 25:10
- 5: Or, meat. ch. 7.21. , Eze. 7:21
- l: Eze. 24:24 , Eze. 35:9 , Is. 26:11 , Ps. 9:16 , Eze. 25:10
8 ¶Thus saith the Lord GOD; mBecause that Moab and nSeir do say, Behold, the house of Judah ois like unto all the heathen;
- m: Jeremiah 48 , Isaiah 15 , Isaiah 16 , Am. 2:1 - 3 , Zep. 2:8 - 11
- n: Eze. 25:12 - 14 , Ezekiel 35
- o: 2Ki. 18:33 - 35 , Is. 10:9 - 11
9 Therefore, behold, I will open the 6side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, pBeth-jeshimoth, qBaal-meon, and rKiriathaim,
- 6: Heb. shoulder of Moab. Je. 48.15-25. Nu. 32.37,38. Jos. 13.17,20. , Je. 48:15 - 25 , Nu. 32:37 , Nu. 32:38 , Jos. 13:17 , Jos. 13:20
- p: Jos. 12:3
- q: 1Ch. 5:8
- r: Je. 48:1
10 sUnto the men of the east 7with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
- s: Eze. 25:4
- 7: Or, against the children of Ammon. v.2-7. , Eze. 25:2 - 7
11 tAnd I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they ushall know that I am the LORD.
12 ¶Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah 8by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
- 8: Heb. by revenging revengement. 2Ch. 28.17,18. Am. 1.4. Ob. 10. Ps. 137.7. ch. 35. Is. 34.5. , 2Ch. 28:17 , 2Ch. 28:18 , Am. 1:4 , Ob. vs. 10 , Ps. 137:7 , Ezekiel 35 , Is. 34:5
13 vTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from wTeman; and 9they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom xby the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they yshall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
15 ¶Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines zhave dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a *despiteful heart, to destroy 10it for the old hatred;
- z: 2Ch. 28:18 , Is. 9:12 , Is. 14:29 - 32 , Am. 1:6 - 8 , 3:4 , Je. 25:20 , Je. 47:1
- *: despiteful-contemptuous.
- 10: Or, Israel with a perpetual hatred. 1Ch. 7.21. Ju. 3; 10; 13; 16. 1Sa. 4; 31. 2Sa. 5; 8; 21. 1Ki. 15.27; 16.15. , 1Ch. 7:21 , Judges 3 , Judges 10 , Judges 13 , Judges 16 , 1 Samuel 4 , 1 Samuel 31 , 2 Samuel 5 , 2 Samuel 8 , 2 Samuel 21 , 1Ki. 15:27 , 1Ki. 16:15
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; aBehold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the bCherethims, and destroy the remnant of the 11sea coast.
- a: Is. 14:29 - 31 , Am. 1:7 , Am. 1:8 , Je. 47:1 - 7 , Je. 25:9 , Je. 25:20 , Zep. 2:4 - 7
- b: 1Sa. 30:14 , Zep. 2:5 , Je. 47:4
- 11: Or, haven of the sea.
17 And I will execute great 12vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and cthey shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
- 12: Heb. vengeances. v.11,14. ch. 5.12,13. De. 32.35,43. , Eze. 25:11 , Eze. 25:14 , Eze. 5:12 , Eze. 5:13 , De. 32:35 , De. 32:43
- c: Ps. 9:16 , Is. 26:11 , Eze. 25:5 , Eze. 25:11 , Eze. 25:14 , Eze. 6:7