Ezekiel 25:4

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 drink thy milk. BEHOLD, THEREFORE I WILL DELIVER THEE TO THE MEN OF THE EAST - literally, children of the east, the nomad tribes of Arabia Deserta, east of the Jordan and the Dead Sea. THEY SHALL SET THEIR PALACES IN THEE - their nomadic encampments or folds, surrounded with mud walls, are so called in irony. Where thy "palaces" once stood, there shall their very different "palaces" stand. Fulfilled after the ravaging of their region by Nebuchadnezzar shortly after the destruction of Jerusalem (cf. ; Jeremiah 49:1). I will make Rab...

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, c. Some think the _people of the east_ mean the _Chaldeans_....

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 ...

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 more eastward; or it may be the Arabians, who are commonly called the men of the east; who were a part of Nebuchadnezzar's army, and whom he might reward with this country, when taken by him; for this prophecy, according to Josephus q, was fulfilled five years after the destruction of Jerusalem: AND THEY SHALL SET THEIR PALACES IN THEE, AND MAKE THEIR DWELLINGS IN THEE; or, "their camps and their tents" r; and so the Syriac version renders it, their armies and their tents; who should subdue them, and take possession of their cities and fields, and enjoy what they found there: THEY SHALL EAT THY FRUIT, AND DRINK THY MILK; the fruit of their land, their vineyards and fields, and the milk of t...

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 ...

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. Compare Jeremiah 49:23. THE MAN OF THE EAST: i.e. the Babylonians. See Ezekiel 21:19; Ezekiel 21:20; Jeremiah 25:21. MEN. S ons. PALACES. Hebrew rows: i.e. of tents encampments....

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 ...

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 and the _Observations,_ p. 51....

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...