“ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, ”
It was a distinct part of scriptural prophecy to address pagan nations. In Isaiah Isa. 13–19, Jeremiah Jer. 46–51, and here Ezek. 25–32, one section is specially devoted to a collection of such pro...
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4.
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, The word of the Lord - The chronological order of this chapter is after Ezekiel 33:21 , etc. See Abp. Newcome.
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, If Israel was not spared, much less the pagan, utterly corrupt, and having no mixture of truth, such as Israel in its worst state possessed ( 1...
§ 1. Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia These four nations were the neighbours of Israel on the E., SE., and SW. respectively, and are dealt with in their geographical order. Ammon and Moab are deno...
AMMON, MOAB, EDOM, AND PHILISTIA Ezekiel 25:1-17 THE next eight Chapter s (25-32) form an intermezzo in the Book of Ezekiel. They are inserted in this place with the obvious intention of separa...
The last division of the prophecy deals with the subject of the ultimate restoration of the chosen nation. It falls into three sections. The first has to do with the nations, the second with the nati...
CONTENTS The subject of Jerusalem and her transgressions is dropped in this Chapter, because the Prophet is directed to set his face against the enemies of Jerusalem, the Ammonites, Moab, Seir, Edom...
The word of the Lord came unto me ,.... After he had done prophesying to the Jews, he is bid to prophesy against the Gentiles, the nations that lay nearest the Jews: saying ; as follows:
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Ver. 1. The word of the Lord. ] Contra gentes; against those nations chiefly that molested the Jews after their overthrow by the Babylonians. Si...
The word of the Lord came again unto me Though Ezekiel had finished his testimony with respect to the destruction of Jerusalem, he must not be silent; there were divers nations bordering upon the l...
Various Nations Threatened. B. C. 590. 1 The word of the L ORD came again unto me, sayi...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 25 God's vengeance upon the Ammonites, Ezekiel 25:1-7 , upon Moab and Seir, Ezekiel 25:7-11 , upon Edom, Ezekiel 25:12-14 , and upon the Philistines, for their declared mal...
‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, set your face towards the children of Ammon and prophesy against them, and say to the children of Ammon, “Thus says the Lord Yahweh, because yo...
PREDICTIONS OF JUDGMENTS UPON THE AMMONITES, MOABITES, EDOMITES, AND PHILISTINES. (Chap. 25) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—In chs. 25–32, we come to a new group of prophecies. They are predictions of judgment u...
Ezekiel 25:5 . I will make Rabbah a stable for camels a couching-place for flocks. Nebuchadnezzar destroyed this ancient city about four years after the fall of Jerusalem. Ptolemy Philadelphus reb...
Set thy face against the Ammonites. Prophecies against foreign nations At the outset it must be understood that prophecies of this kind form part of Jehovah’s message to Israel. Although they a...
EXPOSITION The section on which we now enter—the great "parenthesis," as I have called it, of Ezekiel's prophetic work—contains messages to the seven nations that were most closely connected wit...
The word of the Lord, now withheld from the Jews for a time, came again unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 25:1