CHAPTER XXV _This chapter contains threatenings of the heavy judgments of_ _God against the Ammonites_, 1-7; _Moabites_, 8-11; _Edomites_, 12-14; _and Philistines_, 15-17; _on account of their hatred to his people, and their insulting_ _them in the time of their distress. These prophecies wer... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 25:2. _SET THY FACE AGAINST THE AMMONITES_] We have already seen, Ezekiel 21:19, c., that when Nebuchadnezzar left Babylon he was in doubt whether he should besiege Riblath, the capital of the Ammonites, or Jerusalem, the capital of the Jews, first: and having used his divination. he... [ Continue Reading ]
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 following description suits this people only, living on fruits, the milk of their flocks, using camels,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 25:7. _I WILL CAUSE THEE TO PERISH_] Except in history, the name of the Ammonites does not now exist.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 is supposed that they even joined with the Chaldeans.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 25:10. _THAT THE AMMONITES_] The Syriac has, "That Rabbah of the sons of Ammon be not remembered.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 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 MY PEOPLE ISRAEL_] This was fulfilled by the Maccabees, who not only defeated them and brought them un... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 25:15. _BECAUSE THE PHILISTINES_] They were as inimical to the Jews as the Ammonites, c., were. Nebuchadnezzar punished them because they had assisted the Tyrians during the time he was besieging their city. _I WILL CUT OFF THE CHERETHIMS_] 2 Samuel 8:18. _THE REMNANT OF THE SEA COAS... [ Continue Reading ]