Ezekiel 25:12-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 25:8-17

Three more of Israel's ill-natured neighbours are here arraigned, convicted, and condemned to destruction, for contributing to and triumphing in Jerusalem's fall. I. The Moabites. Seir, which was the seat of the Edomites, is joined with them (Ezek. 25:8), because they said the same as the Moabites; but they were afterwards reckoned with by themselves, Ezek. 25:12. Now observe, 1. What was the sin of the Moabites; they said, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen. They... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:12

Thus saith the Lord God ,.... Concerning Seir or the Edomites, the prophecy concerning the Moabites being finished: because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance : or, "revenging a revenge" F23 בנקם נקם "in ulciscendo ultionem", Montanus, Starckius. ; the Edomites bore an old grudge against the Jews, not only because their father Jacob had got the birthright and blessing from their father Esau; but because they were made tributaries to them in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Because of such base and barbarous usage, from a people that were originally brethren: I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it ; by the army of Nebuchadnezzar, by the sword of the Chaldeans, and by famine and pestilence, and such like sore judgments; in which the hand of God is manifestly seen: and I will make it desolate from Teman ; a very principal city of Edom, so called from Teman, the son of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:14

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by fie hand of my people Israel ,.... This was fulfilled in the times of the Maccabees, when Judas Maccabins overthrew and conquered them, "Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arabattine, because they besieged Gael: and he gave them a great overthrow, and abated their courage, and took their spoils.' ( 1 Maccabees 5:3 ) and when Hyrcanus took their cities, and subdued them, and they became Jews, as Josephus F24 Antiqu.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 25:12

Because that Edom hath dealt - The Edomites were the most inveterate enemies of the Jews from the very earliest times, and ever did all that they could to annoy them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 25:13

I will make it desolate from Teman - Teman and Dedan were both cities of the Moabites, and apparently at each extremity of the land. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 25:14

I will lay my vengeance upon Edom - God will not allow men to insult those whom he has cast down. His judgment is sufficient; to add more is an insult to God. By the hand of may people Israel - This was fulfilled by the Maccabees, who not only defeated them and brought them under complete subjection, but obliged them to receive circumcision, Joseph. Antiq. 50 xiii., c. 17; 1 Maccabees 5:65; 2 Maccabees 10:16. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:1-17

A prophet's work was hardly complete without such a survey of the Divine order of the world so far as it came within the horizon of his thoughts; and Ezekiel had before him the example of like groups of prophecies addressed to the heathen nations with which Israel was brought into contact, in Isaiah 13-23. and Jeremiah 46-51. It was natural that the two contemporary prophets should be led to address their messages to the same nations, and so we find Ezekiel's seven named together with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:1-17

The tribunal of nations. The Hebrews in captivity might, with probability, suppose that, since God had employed other armies to chastise Israel, such nations were without sin, or else their sins had been condoned by God. Nothing of the sort. God is no Respecter of nations. Righteousness everywhere is acceptable to him. Unrighteousness anywhere is offensive. And touching the degrees of iniquity, he claims to be Supreme Judge and the wise Punisher. Because he employs men in his service, he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:12-13

Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah , etc. The statement receives many illustrations, notably in Psalms 137:7 , and at an earlier date in Amos 1:11 ; Obadiah 1:11 . What had been malicious exultation (the ἐπιχαιρεκακία , which Aristotle describes as the extremest type of evil) passed in the case of Edom into overt acts of hostility. The moment of Judah's weakness was seized on as an opportunity for gratifying what Ezekiel elsewhere ( Ezekiel 35:5 ) calls the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 25:8-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 25:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 25:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 25:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:12-13

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