Ezekiel 25

Chapter 25

Judgment on Gentile Nations—Ammon

¹And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

²“Son of man, set your face toward the ^asons of Ammon and prophesy against them,

³and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord ¹God! Thus says the Lord God, “Because you said, ‘^aAha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,

⁴therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the ^asons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will ^beat your fruit and drink your milk.

⁵“I will make ^aRabbah a pasture for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.”

⁶‘For thus says the Lord God, “Because you have ^aclapped your hands and stamped your feet and ^brejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel,

⁷therefore, behold, I have ^astretched out My hand against you and I will give you for ^bspoil to the nations. And I will ^ccut you off from the peoples and ^dmake you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will ^eknow that I am the Lord.”

Moab

⁸‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because ^aMoab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’

⁹therefore, behold, I am going to ¹deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its ²frontiers, the glory of the land, ^aBeth-jeshimoth, ^bBaal-meon and ^cKiriathaim,

¹⁰and I will give it for a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the ^asons of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations.

¹¹“Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.”

Edom

¹²‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because ^aEdom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred grievous guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,”

¹³therefore thus says the Lord God, “I will also ^astretch out My hand against Edom and ^bcut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from ^cTeman even to ^dDedan they will fall by the sword.

¹⁴“^aI will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom ^baccording to My anger and according to My wrath; thus they will know My vengeance,” declares the Lord God.

Philistia

¹⁵‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because the Philistines have acted in ^arevenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,”

¹⁶therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will ^astretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the ^bCherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

¹⁷“I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will ^aknow that I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance on them.” ’ ”