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Ezequiel 25

ARC · Chapter 25/48

1E veiu a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:

2Filho do homem, dirige o teu rosto contra os filhos de Ammon, e prophetiza contra elles.

3E dize aos filhos de Ammon: Ouvi a palavra do Senhor Jehovah: Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Porquanto tu disseste: Ha! ha! ácerca do meu sanctuario, quando foi profanado; e ácerca da terra de Israel, quando foi assolada; e ácerca da casa de Judah, quando foram no captiveiro;

4Portanto, eis que te entregarei em possessão aos do oriente, e estabelecerão os seus paços em ti, e porão em ti as suas moradas; elles comerão os teus fructos, e elles beberão o teu leite

5E farei de Rabba uma estrebaria de camelos, e dos filhos de Ammon um curral de ovelhas: e sabereis que eu sou o Senhor.

6Porque assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Porquanto bateste com as mãos, e pateaste com os pés, e te alegraste de coração em todo o teu despojo sobre a terra d'Israel,

7Portanto, eis que eu estenderei a minha mão contra ti, e te darei por despojo ás nações, e te arrancarei d'entre os povos, e te destruirei d'entre as terras, e te acabarei de todo; e saberás que eu sou o Senhor.

8Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Porquanto dizem Moab e Seir: Eis que a casa de Judah é como todas as nações;

9Portanto, eis que eu abrirei o lado de Moab desde as cidades, desde as suas cidades fóra das fronteiras, a gloria da terra, Beth-jesimoth, Baal-meon, e até Kiriathaim.

10Para os do oriente, com a terra dos filhos de Ammon, a qual entregarei em possessão, para que não haja memoria dos filhos de Ammon entre as nações.

11Tambem executarei juizos em Moab, e saberão que eu sou o Senhor.

12Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Porquanto Edom se houve vingativamente para com a casa de Judah, e se fizeram culpadissimos, quando se vingaram d'elles;

13Portanto assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Tambem estenderei a minha mão contra Edom, e arrancarei d'ella homens e animaes; e a tornarei em deserto desde Teman, e até Dedan cairão á espada.

14E exercitarei a minha vingança sobre Edom, pela mão do meu povo de Israel; e farão em Edom segundo a minha ira e segundo o meu furor; e conhecerão a minha vingança, diz o Senhor Jehovah.

15Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Porquanto os philisteos usaram de vingança, e executaram vingança de coração com despojo, para destruirem com perpetua inimizade,

16Portanto assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Eis que eu estendo a minha mão contra os philisteos, e arrancarei os cheretheos, e destruirei o resto do porto do mar.

17E executarei n'elles grandes vinganças, com castigos de furor, e saberão que eu sou o Senhor, quando eu tiver exercido a minha vingança sobre elles.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Ezekiel prophesies judgment against four nations neighboring Israel — Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Philistines — for mocking or taking revenge on Judah during its fall.

Explanation

This chapter opens a section of the book (chs. 25-32) devoted to oracles against foreign nations, a genre common among the prophets (see also Isaiah 13-23, Jeremiah 46-51). Each of these nations had ancient historical ties to Israel — Ammon and Moab descended from Lot, Edom from Esau — which makes their mockery in the face of Jerusalem's fall even more painful, like a relative betraying family in hardship. The principle behind these prophecies is that God holds nations accountable for how they treat his people, even while using another nation (Babylon) as an instrument of temporary discipline.

Fun facts

  • Edom, a descendant of Esau, is treated with special severity by the prophets (see also the entire book of Obadiah) because of the deep historical rivalry between the brothers Jacob and Esau.
  • The Philistines, mentioned here for the last significant time in Scripture, would disappear as a distinct people just a few centuries later, absorbed by other cultures in the region.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Ezequiel 25:1Formula opening a new section of the book: from here begin the oracles against the neighboring nations, which will fill chapters 25 through 32.
  2. Ezequiel 25:2Ammon was a kingdom east of the Jordan, related to Israel through Lot. Ezekiel is ordered to announce judgment against it, the first in a series against the neighboring peoples.
  3. Ezequiel 25:3Chapters 25 through 32 change subject: they are oracles against the neighboring nations, a genre common among the prophets. Ammon is condemned here for celebrating the fall of Jerusalem and the temple, a detail that shows how the surrounding nations reacted to Judah’s disaster.
  4. Ezequiel 25:4As punishment, Ammon will lose its lands to “the men of the east” — nomadic peoples from the Arabian region — who will occupy its houses and live off what the land produced.
  5. Ezequiel 25:5Rabbah was the capital of Ammon (today’s Amman, in Jordan). Becoming “a stable for camels” and “a couchingplace for flocks” means the proud city would be emptied out and used only as pasture.
  6. Ezequiel 25:6The charge against Ammon is gestural: clapping hands and stamping feet were physical signs of mockery and celebration, used here to celebrate Israel’s misfortune.
  7. Ezequiel 25:7God answers Ammon’s mockery with the same kind of blow: handing it over as plunder to other nations and erasing its identity among the peoples.
  8. Ezequiel 25:8Moab, Ammon’s neighbor, is condemned for saying that Judah had become “like unto all the heathen” — with no special protection, a line that sounded like mockery of the chosen people’s fall.
  9. Ezequiel 25:9The cities named — Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim — sat on Moab’s border and were a source of local pride; God says He will “open the side of Moab,” leaving them exposed to the invader.
  10. Ezequiel 25:10The same men of the east who would occupy Ammon (v. 4) would also take this part of Moab — the stated goal is that not even the memory of these peoples should continue to exist.
  11. Ezequiel 25:11Summary of the sentence against Moab: judgment along the same lines already stated, so that the people will recognize God’s authority behind the punishment.
  12. Ezequiel 25:12Against Edom, the charge is revenge: the people of Edom took advantage of Judah’s fall to settle old scores — other biblical texts, such as Obadiah, give more detail on this episode of betrayal by a related people.
  13. Ezequiel 25:13Edom, descended from Esau and a neighbor south of the Dead Sea, is also a target: from Teman in the north to Dedan in the south, nearly the whole territory would be devastated.
  14. Ezequiel 25:14The vengeance against Edom would come “by the hand of my people Israel” — unlike the other nations on the list, punished by foreign empires rather than by Israel itself.
  15. Ezequiel 25:15The Philistines are condemned by the same logic: rejoicing at another’s misfortune. This oracle pattern, a neighboring nation judged for how it treated Judah in her moment of weakness, repeats in the following chapters against Tyre and Egypt.
  16. Ezequiel 25:16The Philistines, on the coastal strip west of Judah, are also condemned; the KJV calls them the “Cherethims,” another name for this people, tied to the island of Crete, from where part of them are thought to have come.
  17. Ezequiel 25:17Closing of the oracle against the Philistines: the punishment serves so that they will recognize who the Lord is, a refrain repeated in almost every judgment in this section.

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