Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 25:17
17. know . . . vengeance—They shall know Me, not in mercy, but by My vengeance on them ( :-). read more
17. know . . . vengeance—They shall know Me, not in mercy, but by My vengeance on them ( :-). read more
4. Judgment on Philistia 25:15-17 read more
He would take vengeance on them for their treatment of His chosen people. He would do so by these rebukes executed in His wrath (cf. Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 25:20; Jeremiah 47:1-7; Joel 3:1-4; Obadiah 1:19; Zephaniah 2:4-7). There is no record of the Philistines’ existence after the second century B.C., though the name of their cities remained. They would know that Yahweh was God when they experienced His judgment.These judgments should be a warning to any nation that spitefully treats the... read more
§ 1. Ammon, Moab, Edom, and PhilistiaThese 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 denounced for their exultation at the fall of Jerusalem, Edom and Philistia for their revengeful share in Israel’s humiliation. All of them are threatened with destruction from God. The instruments of the judgment are to be the Bedouins of the desert in the case of Ammon and Moab, and Israel in the case of... read more
Prophecies against Foreign NationsThese chapters come between those which deal with the overthrow of the Old Israel (1-24) and those which describe the establishment of the New Israel (33-48), and they form an introduction to the latter group. Their significance is well explained in Ezekiel 28:24-26. The fall of Jerusalem seemed to be a victory of heathendom over the people of the true God, and it was needful to show that it was not so. The God of Israel who had visited His people with this... read more
Ezekiel 25:8 All the heathens spake evil of Israel, and the Prophet did the same, yet the Israelites were so far from having the right to say to him, 'You speak as the heathen,' that he made it his strongest point that the heathens said the same as he. Pascal. Reference. XXV. 21. J. Baldwin Brown, The Soul's Exodus and Pilgrimage, p. 228. read more
AMMON, MOAB, EDOM, AND PHILISTIAEzekiel 25:1-17THE next eight chapters (25-32) form an intermezzo in the Book of Ezekiel. They are inserted in this place with the obvious intention of separating the two sharply contrasted situations in which our prophet found himself before and after the siege of Jerusalem. The subject with which they deal is indeed an essential part of the prophet’s message to his time, but it is separate from the central interest of the narrative, which lies in the conflict... read more
CHAPTERS 25-32 Predictions of Judgments Against the Nations 1. Prophecies concerning Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Philistines (Ezekiel 25:1-17 ) 2. Concerning Tyrus (Ezekiel 26:1-21 ) 3. The glory of Tyrus and Her Fall (Ezekiel 27:1-36 ) 4. The prince of Tyrus (Ezekiel 28:1-26 ) 5. Concerning Egypt (Ezekiel 29:1-21 ; Ezekiel 30:1-26 ) 6. Pharaoh’s greatness and his overthrow (Ezekiel 31:1-18 ) 7. Lamentations and the great funeral dirge (Ezekiel 32:1-32 ) Ezekiel 25:1-17 . The... read more
JUDGMENTS ON GENTILE NATIONS The prophet’s “dumbness” enjoined in the last chapter, was only towards his own people, and the interval was employed in messages touching the Gentiles. These nations might have many charges laid against them, but that which concerned a prophet of Israel chiefly was their treatment of that nation see this borne out by the text. Their ruin was to be utter in the end, while that of Israel was but temporary (Jeremiah 46:28 ). Seven nations are denounced, “the... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 25:17
vengeance. Hebrew, plural = great vengeance. they shall know, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10 . read more