Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 25:4
The men of the east — The Arabians, associates of Nebuchadnezzar, who recompensed their service, with giving them this country when it was conquered, as it was five years after the desolation of Jerusalem.
The men of the east — The Arabians, associates of Nebuchadnezzar, who recompensed their service, with giving them this country when it was conquered, as it was five years after the desolation of Jerusalem.
Verse Ezekiel 25:4. _WILL DELIVER THEE TO THE MEN OF THE EAST_] Probably the _Scenite Arabs, Ishmaelites_, and people of Kedar, who seized upon the provinces of the vanquished _Ammonites_, c. The foll...
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...
BEHOLD. Fig, _Asterismos_. App-6. I WILL DELIVER. Josephus (Antiquities x. 9, 7) tells us that Nebuchadnezzar subdued the Ammonites and Moabites in the fifth year after the destruction of Jerusalem....
_men of the east_ lit. _children of the east_, the nomad tribes of the Arabian desert, Judges 6:3. _set their palaces_ their ENCAMPMENTS, Judges 6:1-6. _drink thy milk_ Ammon, lying toward the deser...
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;...
I WILL DELIVER THEE TO THE MEN OF THE EAST— That is, "To the _Chaldeans,_ whose country lay east of the Ammonites." See the preceding note. Some suppose that the _Arabians_ are meant. See Nehemiah 4:7...
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...
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall dri...
25:4 encampments (e-21) Enclosures for cattle, or tent villages. see Genesis 25:16 ; Numbers 31:10 ....
MEN OF THE EAST] the Bedouins of the desert: so in Ezekiel 25:10. PALACES] RV 'encampments.'...
§ 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...
TO THE MEN OF THE EAST. — Literally, _sons of the east, i.e.,_ the various nomadic tribes inhabiting the Eastern deserts, who occupy the country to this day. They are described as its possessors, not...
לָכֵ֡ן הִנְנִי֩ נֹתְנָ֨ךְ לִ בְנֵי ־קֶ֜דֶם לְ
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...
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the (b) men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their (c) palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they sh...
_East; the Chaldeans, (Sanctius) who conquered them, (Haydock) though the Scenite Arabs, who occupied the country after the inhabitants were removed, or the Armenians and Agarens, are rather meant tha...
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...
BEHOLD, THEREFORE, I WILL DELIVER THEE TO THE MEN OF THE EAST FOR A POSSESSION,.... The Chaldeans and Syrians, which were on the east side, as Jarchi; or the Medes and Persians, as Kimchi, which lay m...
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drin...
_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...
behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the East, that is, the Bedouin tribes of the Arabian deserts, FOR A POSSESSION, AND THEY SHALL SET THEIR PALACES IN THEE, that is, their corrals and...
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...
MEN: _ Heb._ children...
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...
Ezekiel 25:4 deliver H5414 (H8802) possession H4181 men H1121 East H6924 set H3427 (H8765) encampments H2918 make...
“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...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 25:4 To punish Ammon, God uses THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST, that is, desert nomads. The people that even mighty Babylon could not conquer will fall to mere nomads....
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...
1 Kings 4:30; Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:51; Genesis 29:1;...