Ezekiel 25:8-11

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 25:8

Thus saith the Lord God ,.... By his servant the prophet, to whom the word of the Lord came; as concerning the Ammonites, so likewise concerning the Moabites, as follows: because that Moab and Seir do say ; that is, the Moabites, and the Edomites, which latter are meant by Seir, that being the seat of them; these lived near one another, and bore a like enmity to the Israelites and Jews, and had the same sentiments concerning them, and said the same things of them: only Moab is mentioned... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:9

Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities ,.... Or, "the shoulder of Moab" F20 כתף τον ωμον , Sept.; "humerum", V. L. Montanus. ; that part of their country where their greatest strength lay, So the Targum renders it, "the strength of Moab;' where their principal cities were, their frontier towns, and fortified places, as appears by what follows: from his cities which are on his frontiers ; or, "from his Ars" F21 מהערים "ab ipsis", Haris, Junius... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:10

Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and I will give them in possession ,.... Or, "against the Ammonites", as the Targum; that is, way should be made for the same people of the east, the Chaldeans or Arabians, that came against the Ammonites and destroyed them, to enter into the land of Moab and possess it, as they had done the land of Ammon: that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations : the name of that people, which is entirely lost; and Moab likewise, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 25:11

I will execute judgments upon Moab ,.... For though the Chaldeans and Arabians were the instruments of their ruin, their destruction was of the Lord; it was his hand that was upon them, and his vengeance that was executed on them, for their hard sayings against his people; for though he had spoke against them in his providence, and chastised them for their sins, yet he will not suffer others to speak against them: and they shall know that I am the Lord ; that takes part with Judah, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 25:8

Moab and Seir do say - Seir means the Idumeans. It appears that both these, with the Ammonites, had made a league with Zedekiah, Jeremiah 27:3 , which they did not keep; and it is supposed that they even joined with the Chaldeans. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 25:9

I will open the side - קתף ketheph , the shoulder, the strongest frontier place. Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim were strong frontier towns of Moab. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 25:10

That the Ammonites - The Syriac has, "That Rabbah of the sons of Ammon be not remembered." 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

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