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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 25:4

I, the God whom thou hast despised, whose people thou hast reproached, whose worship thou hast vilified, I will avenge myself, and deliver time up. To the men of the East; the Medes and Persians, say some; the Babylonians, say others, but this suits not well with geography; Arabians, say others, associates of Nehuchadnezzar, who, it is likely, recompensed their labour and service with giving them this country when it was conquered, as it was five years after the desolation of Jerusalem. For a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 25:5

Rabbah; the royal city, and seat of the kings of Ammon, called since Philadelphia, from Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, king of Egypt, who built it. A stable; turn it from a royal palace to be a receptacle of camels, and their drivers. Camels; wherewith not the Chaldeans and Bactrians, but the Arabians also, were well stored; all the men of the East, as appears in Job, using them for conveying merchandise, and for travels. The Ammonites; the people, for the land they dwelt in. Ye shall know; then... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 25:6

Clapped thine hands; expressed thy joy in that insolent manner. And stamped with the feet; and added this sign of more than ordinary joy at this. Rejoiced in heart; it was that which affected thy heart with gladness, thy soul and mind were in this thy rejoicing. Despite; hatred and contempt; thou wast heartily glad such vile people, as thou countedst them, were made, what thou thoughtest they best deserved, slaves. beggars, and captives. The land, for the people. Israel; either the ten tribes,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 25:7

Thou stretchedst out thy hand in joy, I will stretch out mine in wrath; thou, against my people, I, against thee. For a spoil; for a prey, or for meat, so the word will bear. The greedy, covetous soldier shall make thy wealth his prey; the hungry enemy shall eat thee up. The heathen; Babylonians, and their confederates. I will cut thee off; explained by that follows; Ammon, thou shalt no more be accounted among the nations, but cease from being a people. I will destroy thee; so shalt thou be... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 25:1-17

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 upon the heathen nations.“While the prophet’s mouth was to be mute to Israel, the Lord directed him to speak against the heathen nations, and to foretell to them the judgment of destruction, that they might not be lifted up by the fall of the people and kingdom of God, but might recognise in the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:1-17

Chapter 25Now beginning with chapter 25, God begins to pronounce His judgment upon the surrounding nations of Israel. And the first, of course, that of the Ammonites. We have today the city of Ammon, which comes from Ammonites, and the city of Ammon is the capitol of Jordan. And so the Ammonites and the Moabites who are going to be reviewed here for judgment are modern-day Moab. When we get to Edom, you are moving down to the southern part--or modern-day Jordan-when you move down into Edom, you... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 25:1-17

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 rebuilt it, and it was afterwards called Philadelphia, as in Revelation 3:7. It continued more than a century after the commencement of the christian era, had in it a Greek cathedral and several churches, and was encompassed with a lofty wall of great extent. It was situate about thirty miles from... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 25:1-7

Ezekiel 25:1-7Set thy face against the Ammonites.Prophecies against foreign nationsAt the outset it must be understood that prophecies of this kind form part of Jehovah’s message to Israel. Although they are usually cast in the form of direct address to foreign peoples, this must not lead us to imagine that they were intended for actual publication in the countries to which they refer. A prophet’s real audience always consisted of his own countrymen, whether his discourse was about themselves... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 25:2

Ezekiel 25:2I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste.Designs of avarice defeatedAll their (the Tyrians) care was to get estates and enlarge their trade, and they looked upon Jerusalem not as an enemy, but as a rival. Tyre promised herself that the fall of Jerusalem would be an advantage to her in respect of trade and commerce, that now she shall have Jerusalem’s customers. To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others, when we are likely to get by it, with their fall when we may... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 25:3

Ezekiel 25:3I am against thee, O Tyrus.On the importance of having God for our friendThat vengeance belongs unto God is emphatically declared in the book of God (Romans 12:19). And exemplary is the vengeance with which the Almighty has from time to time visited, not only those who had either arrayed themselves in hostility against Himself, His Word, or His servants; but those who had, without His sanction, either assailed or oppressed His people Nor individuals merely, but assemblages of... read more

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