George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 25:5
Rabbath, the capital city of the Ammonites: it was afterwards called Philadelphia. (Challoner) --- Flocks. These constituted the riches of those Arabians.
Rabbath, the capital city of the Ammonites: it was afterwards called Philadelphia. (Challoner) --- Flocks. These constituted the riches of those Arabians.
It was a distinct part of scriptural prophecy to address pagan nations. In Isaiah Isa. 13–19, Jeremiah Jer. 46–51, and here Ezek. 25–32, one section is specially devoted to a collection of such prophe...
CHAPTER S 25-32 Predictions of Judgments Against the Nations _ 1. Prophecies concerning Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Philistines (Ezekiel 25:1) _ 2. Concerning Tyrus (Ezekiel 26:1) 3. The glory of T...
RABBAH. See Deuteronomy 3:11. YE SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7....
Prophecy against Ammon The name of this people is usually the children of Ammon (Beni Ammon). This is the name both of the people and the country (in the latter case construed as _fem. Ezekiel 25:3;...
_Rabbah a stable_ Rabbah, "great city," was the capital (Amos 1:14); in later times it bore the name of Philadelphia, and its site is probably marked by the ruins called Ammân. The word "stable" is us...
JUDGMENT ON NEIGHBORING NATIONS 25:1-17 Ezekiel devotes eight Chapter s of his book to oracles against foreign nations. Jerusalem had fallen. Yet before Ezekiel related this fact to his readers he re...
_AND I WILL MAKE RABBAH A STABLE FOR CAMELS, AND THE AMMONITES A COUCHINGPLACE FOR FLOCKS: AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
25:5 pasture (f-7) Or 'stable.'...
§ 1. AMMON, MOAB, EDOM, AND PHILISTIA These 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 denounce...
RABBAH] the capital of Ammon....
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ PART TWO – EZEKIEL 25:1-33 PUNISHMENT OF THE NATIONS...
RABBAH was the only important town belonging to the Ammonites. It has become literally a stable for the camels of the wandering Bedouins. In the parallel clause the “Ammonites” are put for the land wh...
וְ נָתַתִּ֤י אֶת ־רַבָּה֙ לִ נְוֵ֣ה גְמַלִּ֔י
AMMON, MOAB, EDOM, AND PHILISTIA Ezekiel 25:1 THE next eight Chapter s (25-32) form an intermezzo in the Book of Ezekiel. They are inserted in this place with the obvious intention of separating the...
The last division of the prophecy deals with the subject of the ultimate restoration of the chosen nation. It falls into three sections. The first has to do with the nations, the second with the natio...
And I will make (d) Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. (d) Called also Philadelphin, which was the chief city of the Amm...
We have here the Lord reckoning with other sinful nations. And first with Ammon. This people had been a long enemy to Israel, and upon every occasion did all they could to distress them. 2 Samuel 12:2...
Chapter 25 has an especial character. The nations that surrounded and that were within the territory of Israel rejoiced at the destruction of Jerusalem, and of the sanctuary. Therefore God would execu...
AND I WILL MAKE RABBATH A STABLE FOR CAMELS,.... Creatures much used by the eastern nations, especially the Arabians; who pitching their tents about Rabbath, the royal city, the metropolis of the chil...
And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 5. _And I will make Rabbah._] The metropolis of the Ammonites. I...
_Behold, I will deliver thee to the men of the east_ That is, to the Chaldeans, whose country lay east of the Ammonites. This people was accordingly conquered and subdued by the Chaldeans, about five...
In the eight Chapter s now following there are contained some of the mightiest prophecies of the Old Testament against the chief heathen nations of the time, all of whom had, at one time or another, o...
And I will make Rabbah, the capital of Ammonitis, Deuteronomy 3:11, A STABLE FOR CAMELS, the nomad tribes using it for this very purpose, AND THE AMMONITES, the inhabitants of the country here standin...
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 o...
Ezekiel 25:5 make H5414 (H8804) Rabbah H7237 stable H5116 camels H1581 Ammon H1121 H5983 place H4769 flocks...
“Therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you. They will eat your fruit and they will...
THE ORACLE AGAINST AMMON (EZEKIEL 25:1). The Ammonites, while possibly having been joined with Judah and others in an anti-Babylon alliance, were permanent enemies of Israel/Judah (see Judges 3:13; Ju...
CONTENTS: Prophecy against the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites and Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Those who glory in any other defence than divine power and promises will sooner or...
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 rebuil...
_Set thy face against the Ammonites._ PROPHECIES AGAINST FOREIGN NATIONS At the outset it must be understood that prophecies of this kind form part of Jehovah’s message to Israel. Although they are u...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 25:1 Oracles against Foreign Nations. At this moment in the dramatic downfall of Jerusalem, Ezekiel’s focus shifts. The fate of the city is left hanging as he presents a collec...
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 upo...
EXPOSITION The section on which we now enter—the great "parenthesis," as I have called it, of Ezekiel's prophetic work—contains messages to the seven nations that were most closely connected with the...
Now 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 come...
2 Samuel 12:26; Ezekiel 21:20; Ezekiel 24:24; Ezekiel 25:8; Ezeki
Rabbah — The royal city, called since Philadelphia from the king of Egypt who built it. The Ammonites — The land they dwelt in....