Ezekiel 25:1

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, If Israel was not spared, much less the pagan, utterly corrupt, and having no mixture of truth, such as Israel in its worst state possessed (1 Peter 4:17). Their ruin was to be utter: Israel's but temporary (). The nations denounced are seven, the perfect number; implying that God's judgments would visit, not merely these. but the whole round of the pagan foes of God. Babylon is excepted, because she is now for the present viewed as the rod of God's retributive justice, a view too much then lost sight of by those who fretted against her universal supremacy....

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 were_ _fulfilled by the instrumentality of Nebuchadnezzar, about_ five _years after the destruction of Jerusalem. The same events were_ _predicted by several of the other prophets, as may be seen from_...

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 prophecies. Every such prediction had the general purpose of exhibiting the conflict ever waging between the servants of God and the powers of the world, the struggle in which the Church of Christ has still to wrestle against her foes Ephesians 6:12, but in which she will surely prevail. 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 prophecies. Every such prediction had the general purpose of exhibiting the conflict ever waging between the servants of God and the powers of the world, the strugg

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 fortunes of Israel and Judah. These were (1) Ammon (Ezekiel 25:1); (2) Moab (Ezekiel 25:8); (3) Edom (Ezekiel 25:12); (4) Philistia (Ezekiel 25:15); (5) Tyre (Ezekiel 26:1); (6) Zidon ...

THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME,.... After he had done prophesying to the Jews, he is bid to prophesy against the Gentiles, the nations that lay nearest the Jews: SAYING; as follows:...

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 Tyrus and Her Fall (Ezekiel 27:1) 4. The prince of Tyrus (Ezekiel 28:1) 5. Concerning Egypt (Ezekiel 29:1; Ezekiel 30:1) 6. Pharaoh's greatness and his overthrow ...

THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....

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; Ezekiel 25:10_). Ammon was recognised by Israel as a distant member of the same family with themselves (Genesis 19:38). At an early period the people was settled on the E. of the Jordan, between the Arnon and the Jabbok (Judges 11:13), but before the Exodus they had been dispossessed of this territory by Amorites from the W. of the Jordan, and pushed eastward towards the desert ...

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 recorded the revelation that God would some day judge the heathen nations and cities around Judah. He speaks of seven different nations in all. The small neighboring states of Ammon, Moab, Edom and Philistia are first denounced (Ezekiel 25:1-17). In greater detail he denounced the two commercial centers of the day, Tyre and Sidon (Ezekiel 26:1 to Ezekiel 28:26). The final blast is directed against Egypt (Ezekiel 29:1 to...

§ 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 denounced for their exultation at the fall of Jerusalem, Edom and Philistia for their revengeful share in Israel's humiliation. All of them are threatened with destruction from God. The instruments of the judgment are to be the Bedouins of the desert in the case of Ammon and Moab, and Israel in the case of Edom. The destroyers of the Philistines are not indicated. 1-7. Ammon. For the Ammonites see on Ezekiel 21:28. In addition it may be observed that the king of Ammon was a party to the plot against Gedaliah, the governor whom Nebuchadrezzar left in Palestine after the capture of Jerusalem (J