George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 25:8
Seir; Idumea. --- Nations, whose gods could not defend them. (Calmet) --- Thus they blasphemed the Lord. (Theodoret)
Seir; Idumea. --- Nations, whose gods could not defend them. (Calmet) --- Thus they blasphemed the Lord. (Theodoret)
Verse 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...
Prophecies against Moab which lay south of Ammon, and shared Ammon’s implacable hostility to the children of Israel. Seir was close to Moab. Edom is identified with Mount “Seir” in Ezekiel 35:1; and “...
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...
MOAB. Descended from Lot, like the Ammonites (Genesis 19:37). Usually hostile to Israel....
_Moab and Seir_ LXX. omits _and Seir_. Ezek. elsewhere always says "mount Seir" (Ezekiel 35:2-3; Ezekiel 35:7; Ezekiel 35:15), and Edom, with which mount Seir is joined ...
Prophecy against Moab The Moabites, like the Ammonites, were recognised by Israel as a kindred people (Genesis 19:30). Technically the border of Moab on the N. was the Arnon, but they had pretensions...
BEHOLD, THE HOUSE OF JUDAH IS LIKE, &C.— It hence appears, that the Jews had boasted, and the Gentiles till then acknowledged, that the Jews were under an extra-ordinary providence. See Div. Leg. vol....
II. THE WORD AGAINST MOAB 25:8-11 TRANSLATION (8) Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab and Seir have said, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations, (9) therefore, behold, I am about to ope...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; BECAUSE THAT MOAB AND SEIR DO SAY. Moab, Seir, and Ammon were contiguous countr...
MOAB. The Moabites, like the Ammonites, were descended from Lot (Genesis 19:37). Their country lay E. of the Dead Sea, and S. of Ammon, the Arnon being the boundary. They were at times subject to Isr...
AND SEIR] These words should be omitted. Edom (Seir) is dealt with separately below. BEHOLD, etc.] The Moabites denied Israel's claim to be the people of the true God. HEATHEN] RV 'nations.'...
§ 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...
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...
MOAB AND SEIR. — The two nations, here mentioned together, are afterwards treated separately — Moab, Ezekiel 25:8, and Edom, Ezekiel 25:12. Moab, springing from the same source with Ammon, was closely...
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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...
Moab comes next to be called to account for her joy at Israel's affliction. The Reader will connect with this account the history of Moab's hatred to Israel, when Balak hired an enchanter from the Eas...
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...
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...
_Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah [is] like unto all the heathen;_ Ver. 8. _Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen._] As ill-pro...
_Because that Moab and Seir_, &c. By Seir the Idumeans are intended. The prophet joins them together as guilty of the same crime, and then denounces particular judgments against each of them. _Behold,...
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...
Thus saith the Lord God, Because that Moab and Seir, Idumea joining Moab in its hatred of the Lord's people, DO SAY, BEHOLD, THE HOUSE OF JUDAH IS LIKE UNTO ALL THE HEATHEN, that is, without advantage...
8-17 Though one event seem to the righteous and wicked, it is vastly different. Those who glory in any other defence and protection than the Divine power, providence, and promise, will, sooner or lat...
MOAB; the children of Lot by the elder daughter, the whole nation going under the name of the first father of them, near but evil neighbours to Israel and Judah. SEIR; the seed of Esau, who are, Edom,...
Ezekiel 25:8 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 Because H3282 Moab H4124 Seir H8165 say H559 ...
THE ORACLE AGAINST MOAB (EZEKIEL 25:8). When considering this oracle the historic closeness between Moab and Ammon must be kept in mind. Regularly through history they had worked in unison, with somet...
THUS The prophecies upon Gentile powers, extending to (Ezekiel 32:32) have doubtless had partial fulfilments of which history and the present condition of those cities and countries bear witness, but...
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...
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...
Amos 2:11; Amos 2:12; Amos 2:1; Deuteronomy 2:5; Ezekiel 25:12;...
Seir — The seed of Esau, the Edomites. Seir was the mountain where they first planted themselves. Is like — Are no more a select people than others....