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the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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Ezekiel 25:2 open_in_new
Son of man. See note on Ezekiel 2:1.
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Ammonites, See Ezekiel 21:28. Ammon was. party to the plot against Gedaliah, the governor whom Nebuchadnezzar appointed after the destruction of Jerusalem, See Jeremiah 40:14; Jeremiah 41:10; Jeremiah 41:15.
the Lord God. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Ezekiel 2:4.
the land of Israel. the soil of Israel. Hebrew. admath. See note on Ezekiel 11:17.
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Behold. Fig, Asterismos. App-6.
I will deliver. Josephus (Antiquities x. 9, 7) tells us that Nebuchadnezzar subdued the Ammonites and Moabites in the fifth year after the destruction of Jerusalem. Compare Jeremiah 49:23.
the man of the east: i.e. the Babylonians. See Ezekiel 21:19; Ezekiel 21:20; Jeremiah 25:21.
men. s ons.
palaces. Hebrew rows: i.e. of tents encampments.
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Ezekiel 25:5 open_in_new
Rabbah. See Deuteronomy 3:11.
ye shall know, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7.
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Ezekiel 25:6 open_in_new
heart. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Ezekiel 25:7 open_in_new
upon.. special various reading called Sevir (App-34) reads "against".
heathen. nations.
people. peoples. thou shalt know, &c. So in Ezekiel 16:22 Ezekiel 22:16; Ezekiel 25:7; Ezekiel 35:4.
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Moab. Descended from Lot, like the Ammonites (Genesis 19:37). Usually hostile to Israel.
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Ezekiel 25:9 open_in_new
Beth. jeshimoth. Now 'Ain Surveirneh, near the north-east corner of the Dead Sea (Numbers 33:49; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:20).
Baal. meon. Now Tell M'ain (Numbers 32:38; 1 Chronicles 5:8. of, two miles south of Heshbon. Kiriathaim. Now el Hdreiyat, between Dibon and Medeba (Jeremiah 48:1; Jeremiah 48:23).
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Ezekiel 25:11 open_in_new
they shall know, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10
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Edom. Descended from Esau (Genesis 36:1; Genesis 36:43). For their unbrotherly spirit, see Psalms 137:7; Lamentations 4:21; Lamentations 4:22. and Obadiah 1:10-16,
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man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
Taman.. grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:11).. town or city in Edom, not yet identified.
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by the hand, &c. See Numbers 24:17-19.
saith the Lord God. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.
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Ezekiel 25:16 open_in_new
the Philistines. Compare Psalms 60:8; Psalms 60:9; Psalms 108:9; Psalms 108:10; Isaiah 11:14.
cut off the Cherethims. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew. lrikralti larethim. in English,. will cut off the cutters off.
Cherethims. A tribe of the Philistines (1 Samuel 30:14.Zephaniah 2:5; Zephaniah 2:5). David's body-guard, drawn partly from them.
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vengeance. Hebrew, plural. great vengeance.
they shall know, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10.