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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:12-14

The revengeful nation. The Edomites are characterized as an especially revengeful people, because they watched for their opportunity, and, when the Jews were crushed and prostrate beneath the cruel Chaldean invasion, rushed in to smite their fallen foe. I. THE WICKED REVENGE . 1. Vengeance is presumptuous . There is a right recompense for sin, but this lies with God. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" ( Romans 12:19 ). He who seizes the weapons of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:12-14

The hostility add the curse of Edom. Often in the course of Old Testament history do we meet with references to the inhabitants of Edom, and usually they are exhibited as taking an attitude of hostility towards the chosen people. It is certainly remarkable that Ezekiel, in his Eastern captivity, should concern himself with these border states. But it is evident that he was at the time very deeply impressed with the great principle of national responsibility and national retribution; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:12-14

The judgment of Edom; or, the sin and punishment of revenge. "Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance," etc. The Edomites were the descendants of Esau, who settled in Mount Seir immediately after the death of his father Isaac. The country in which they dwelt was called Edom, or Idumaea. It was situated south of the territory of Moab; and "it only embraced the narrow mountainous tract (about a hundred miles long by twenty broad)... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:14

By the hand of my people Israel : The words received a fulfillment in the conquest of Edom by John Hyrcanus, who compelled its people to receive circumcision (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 13.9. 1). In Amos 9:12 its subjugation is connected with the Messianic prophecy that the fallen tabernacle of David should be raised up. There is an obvious emphasis in the repetition of the word vengeance . The law of a Divine retribution will work out its appointed purpose-vengeance to those who sought... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 25:12

Edom, so named from Esau, consisted of various tribes enumerated in Genesis 36:0. The Edomites became a powerful nation before the Israelites came out of Egypt. David conquered them, but in the reign of Joram they rebelled and were not again subdued 2 Kings 8:20. Under the name of Idumea the land was conquered by John Hyrcanus (compare Ezekiel 25:14), when many of the people adopted the religion of the Jews. In later times the Idumean Herod became king of Palestine, reckoning himself as a Jew.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 25:13

From Teman ... - Or “from Teman” even unto “Dedan,” “shall they fall.” Teman and Dedan were districts (not cities), the former in the south (Ezekiel 20:46 note), the latter in the north (“over the whole country”). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 25:12-14

Ezekiel 25:12-14. Because that Edom, &c. “The Idumeans, being the posterity of Esau, bore an ancient grudge against the Jews, upon the account of their ancestor’s losing his right of primogeniture, and the subduing of Edom by David afterward, 2 Samuel 8:14. Upon both of these accounts they took hold of all opportunities of venting their spite against the Jewish nation: see particularly 2 Chronicles 28:17. For this their behaviour they were in former times reproved by Amos 1:11, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:1-17

25:1-32:32 JUDGMENTS AGAINST FOREIGN NATIONSOnce the exiles had been awakened, Ezekiel’s next task was to instruct them further about God’s future purposes for them. But before doing so, he shows how God will deal with Israel’s former oppressors. God is the controller not only of Israel’s destiny but also of the destinies of other nations. He will not allow sin to go unpunished, and he will especially deal with the four neighbouring nations who supported Babylon at the fall of Jerusalem. (For... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 25:12

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 , read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 25:13

man. Hebrew. 'adam . App-14 . Taman. A grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:11 ). A town or city in Edom, not yet identified. read more

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