Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 25:12
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.
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.
Edom, so named from Esau, consisted of various tribes enumerated in Genesis 36. The Edomites became a powerful nation before the Israelites came out of Egypt. David conquered them, but in the reign of...
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...
EDOM. Descended from Esau (Genesis 36:1; Genesis 36:43). For their unbrotherly spirit, see Psalms 137:7; Lamentations 4:21;...
_hath greatly offended_ Israel as the people of the true God was inviolable (Jeremiah 2:3), except when Jehovah employed the nations to chastise it. Too often the nations exceeded their commission, ch...
Prophecy against Edom The relations of Edom to Israel were changeful. Subdued by David it shook off the yoke under Jehoram (2 Kings 8:20). Reconquered by Amaziah and Uzziah (2 Kings 14:7; 2 Kings 14:...
BECAUSE THAT EDOM, &C.— See Psalms 137:7. Houbigant renders the passage, _Because Edom hath burned with rage against the house of Judah, and hath revenged himself upon them by wickedness,_ &c....
III. THE WORD AGAINST EDOM 25:12-14 TRANSLATION (12) Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom's dealings with the house of Judah have been the result of vengeful conduct, and he has incurred enormous gui...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; BECAUSE THAT EDOM HATH DEALT AGAINST...
§ 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...
EDOM. The Edomites were descended from Esau (Genesis 36:43). They showed a specially unbrotherly spirit when Jerusalem fell: see Psalms 137:7; Lamentations 4:21;...
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...
EDOM HATH DEALT AGAINST THE HOUSE OF JUDAH. — The reason of Edom’s hostility to Israel is expressly said to be revenge. Descended from the elder son, they had never looked complacently on the spiritua...
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֣עַן עֲשֹׂ֥ות...
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...
_Revenge; exhorting the Chaldeans to destroy utterly, (Psalm cxxxvi. 7.) and seizing every opportunity of injuring the Jews, 2 Paralipomenon xxviii. 18., and Amos i. 11._...
Edom, the descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob, is the next brought to God's bar, and a solemn judgment and sentence is pronounced upon Edom. See, Reader! how plainly the different seeds of natur...
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,.... Concerning Seir or the Edomites, the prophecy concerning the Moabites being finished: BECAUSE THAT EDOM HATH DEALT AGAINST THE HOUSE OF JUDAH BY TAKING VENGEANCE: or, "re...
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; Ver. 12. _By taking vengeance._] Heb.,...
_Because that Edom_, &c. “The Idumeans, being the posterity of Esau, bore an ancient grudge against the Jews, upon the account of their ancestor's losing his right of primogeniture, and the subduing o...
AGAINST IDUMEA AND PHILISTIA...
Thus saith the Lord God, Because that Edom, whose people were direct descendants of Jacob's brother Esau, HATH DEALT AGAINST THE HOUSE OF JUDAH BY TAKING VENGEANCE, or, "by exercising vindictive reven...
BY TAKING VENGEANCE: _ Heb._ by revenging revengement...
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...
EDOM; the Idumeans, children of Esau. THE HOUSE OF JUDAH; the kingdom of David after the division of the tribes, when but two remained constant to the house of David. BY TAKING VENGEANCE for the old q...
Ezekiel 25:12 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 Edom H123 did H6213 (H8800) house H1004 Judah...
‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged herself on them,” therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “I wil...
EDOM (Ezekiel 25:12); (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 36:1). _...
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...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 25:12 The Lord assigned MY PEOPLE ISRAEL to be the agent of his wrath against EDOM, their long-time foe....
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 Chronicles 28:17; 2 Chronicles 28:18; Amos 1:11; Amos 1:12;...