
Text -- Ezekiel 25:10-17 (NET)




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Wesley: Eze 25:10 - -- As I have given Ammon, so I will with them give Moab to the Chaldeans, who will give it to the Arabians.
As I have given Ammon, so I will with them give Moab to the Chaldeans, who will give it to the Arabians.

A country in the southern coast of Edom.

The bowmen, the strength of Philistia.

Wesley: Eze 25:16 - -- Who had escaped the sword of Samuel, David, Hezekiah, and of Psammetichus king of Egypt.
Who had escaped the sword of Samuel, David, Hezekiah, and of Psammetichus king of Egypt.
JFB: Eze 25:9-10 - -- I will open up the side, or border of Moab (metaphor from a man whose side is open to blows), from the (direction of) the cities on his northwest bord...
I will open up the side, or border of Moab (metaphor from a man whose side is open to blows), from the (direction of) the cities on his northwest border beyond the Arnon, once assigned to Reuben (Jos 13:15-21), but now in the hands of their original owners; and the "men of the east," the wandering Bedouin hordes, shall enter through these cities into Moab and waste it. Moab accordingly was so wasted by them, that long before the time of Christ it had melted away among the hordes of the desert. For "cities," GROTIUS translates the Hebrew as proper names, the Ar and Aroer, on the Arnon. Hence the Hebrew for "cities," "Ar" is repeated twice (Num 21:28; Deu 2:36; Isa 15:1).

JFB: Eze 25:9-10 - -- The region of Moab was richer than that of Ammon; it answers to the modern Belka, the richest district in South Syria, and the scene in consequence of...
The region of Moab was richer than that of Ammon; it answers to the modern Belka, the richest district in South Syria, and the scene in consequence of many a contest among the Bedouins. Hence it is called here a "glorious land" (literally, "a glory," or "ornament of a land") [FAIRBAIRN]. Rather, "the glory of the country" is in apposition with "cities" which immediately precedes, and the names of which presently follow.

JFB: Eze 25:9-10 - -- Meaning "the city of desolations"; perhaps so named from some siege it sustained; it was towards the west.
Meaning "the city of desolations"; perhaps so named from some siege it sustained; it was towards the west.

JFB: Eze 25:9-10 - -- Called also "Beth-meon" (Jer 48:23), and "Beth-baal-meon" (Jos 13:17, called so from the worship of Baal), and "Bajith," simply (Isa 15:2).

JFB: Eze 25:9-10 - -- "the double city." The strength of these cities engendered "the pride" of Moab (Isa 16:6).
"the double city." The strength of these cities engendered "the pride" of Moab (Isa 16:6).

JFB: Eze 25:10 - -- FAIRBAIRN explains and translates, "upon the children of Ammon" (elliptically for, "I will open Moab to the men of the east, who, having overrun the c...
FAIRBAIRN explains and translates, "upon the children of Ammon" (elliptically for, "I will open Moab to the men of the east, who, having overrun the children of Ammon, shall then fall on Moab"). MAURER, as English Version, "with the Ammonites," that is, Moab, "together with the land of Ammon," is to be thrown "open to the men of the east," to enter and take possession (Jer. 49:1-39).

JFB: Eze 25:12 - -- Literally, "revenging with revengement," that is, the most unrelenting vengeance. It was not simple hatred, but deep-brooding, implacable revenge. The...
Literally, "revenging with revengement," that is, the most unrelenting vengeance. It was not simple hatred, but deep-brooding, implacable revenge. The grudge of Edom or Esau was originally for Jacob's robbing him of Isaac's blessing (Gen 25:23; Gen 27:27-41). This purpose of revenge yielded to the extraordinary kindness of Jacob, through the blessing of Him with whom Jacob wrestled in prayer; but it was revived as an hereditary grudge in the posterity of Esau when they saw the younger branch rising to the pre-eminence which they thought of right belonged to themselves. More recently, for David's subjugation of Edom to Israel (2Sa 8:14). They therefore gave vent to their spite by joining the Chaldeans in destroying Jerusalem (Psa 137:7; Lam 4:22; Oba 1:10-14), and then intercepting and killing the fugitive Jews (Amo 1:11) and occupying part of the Jewish land as far as Hebron.

JFB: Eze 25:13 - -- Rather, "I will make it desolate from Teman (in the south) even to Dedan (in the northwest)" [GROTIUS], (Jer 49:8), that is, the whole country from no...
Rather, "I will make it desolate from Teman (in the south) even to Dedan (in the northwest)" [GROTIUS], (Jer 49:8), that is, the whole country from north to south, stretching from the south of the Dead Sea to the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea.

JFB: Eze 25:14 - -- Namely, by Judas Maccabeus. The Idumeans were finally, by compulsory circumcision, incorporated with the Jewish state by John Hyrcanus (see Isa 34:5; ...
Namely, by Judas Maccabeus. The Idumeans were finally, by compulsory circumcision, incorporated with the Jewish state by John Hyrcanus (see Isa 34:5; Isa 63:1, &c.; 1 Maccabees 5:3). So complete was the amalgamation in Christ's time, that the Herods of Idumean origin, as Jews, ruled over the two races as one people. Thus the ancient prophecy was fulfilled (Gen 25:23), "The elder shall serve the younger."

JFB: Eze 25:15 - -- (1Sa. 13:1-14:52; 2Ch 28:18). The "old hatred" refers to their continual enmity to the covenant-people. They lay along Judea on the seacoast at the op...
(1Sa. 13:1-14:52; 2Ch 28:18). The "old hatred" refers to their continual enmity to the covenant-people. They lay along Judea on the seacoast at the opposite side from Ammon and Moab. They were overthrown by Uzziah (2Ch 26:6), and by Hezekiah (2Ki 18:8). Nebuchadnezzar overran the cities on the seacoast on his way to Egypt after besieging Tyre (Jer 47:1-7). God will take vengeance on those who take the avenging of themselves out of His hands into their own (Rom 12:19-21; Jam 2:13).

JFB: Eze 25:16 - -- There is a play on similar sounds in the Hebrew, hichratti cherethim, "I will slay the slayers." The name may have been given to a section of the Phil...
There is a play on similar sounds in the Hebrew, hichratti cherethim, "I will slay the slayers." The name may have been given to a section of the Philistines from their warlike disposition (1Sa 30:14; 1Sa 31:3). They excelled in archery, whence David enrolled a bodyguard from them (2Sa 8:18; 2Sa 15:18; 2Sa 20:7). They sprang from Caphtor, identified by many with Crete, which was famed for archery, and to which the name Cherethim seems akin. Though in emigration, which mostly tended westwards, Crete seems more likely to be colonized from Philistia than Philistia from Crete, a section of Cretans may have settled at Chere thim in South Philistia, while the Philistines, as a nation, may have come originally from the east (compare Deu 2:23; Jer 47:4; Amo 9:7; Zep 2:5). In Gen 10:14 the Philistines are made distinct from the Caphtorim, and are said to come from the Casluhim; so that the Cherethim were but a part of the Philistines, which 1Sa 30:14 confirms.

JFB: Eze 25:16 - -- That is, "on the seacoast" of the Mediterranean: those left remaining after the former overthrows inflicted by Samuel, David, Hezekiah, and Psammetich...
That is, "on the seacoast" of the Mediterranean: those left remaining after the former overthrows inflicted by Samuel, David, Hezekiah, and Psammetichus of Egypt, father of Pharaoh-necho (Jer 25:20).

JFB: Eze 25:17 - -- (1) Tyre's sin; (2) its doom; (3) the instruments executing it; (4) the effects produced on other nations by her downfall. In the twenty-seventh chapt...
(1) Tyre's sin; (2) its doom; (3) the instruments executing it; (4) the effects produced on other nations by her downfall. In the twenty-seventh chapter, a lamentation over the fall of such earthly splendor. In the twenty-eighth chapter, an elegy addressed to the king, on the humiliation of his sacrilegious pride. Ezekiel, in his prophecies as to the heathen, exhibits the dark side only; because he views them simply in their hostility to the people of God, who shall outlive them all. Isaiah (Isa. 23:1-18), on the other hand, at the close of judgments, holds out the prospect of blessing, when Tyre should turn to the Lord.
Clarke: Eze 25:10 - -- That the Ammonites - The Syriac has, "That Rabbah of the sons of Ammon be not remembered."
That the Ammonites - The Syriac has, "That Rabbah of the sons of Ammon be not remembered."

Clarke: Eze 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 co...
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.

Clarke: Eze 25:13 - -- I will make it desolate from Teman - Teman and Dedan were both cities of the Moabites, and apparently at each extremity of the land.
I will make it desolate from Teman - Teman and Dedan were both cities of the Moabites, and apparently at each extremity of the land.

Clarke: Eze 25:14 - -- I will lay my vengeance upon Edom - God will not allow men to insult those whom he has cast down. His judgment is sufficient; to add more is an insu...
I will lay my vengeance upon Edom - God will not allow men to insult those whom he has cast down. His judgment is sufficient; to add more is an insult to God

Clarke: Eze 25:14 - -- By the hand of may people Israel - This was fulfilled by the Maccabees, who not only defeated them and brought them under complete subjection, but o...
By the hand of may people Israel - This was fulfilled by the Maccabees, who not only defeated them and brought them under complete subjection, but obliged them to receive circumcision, Joseph. Antiq. 50 xiii., c. 17; 1 Maccabees 5:65; 2 Maccabees 10:16.

Clarke: Eze 25:15 - -- Because the Philistines - They were as inimical to the Jews as the Ammonites, etc., were. Nebuchadnezzar punished them because they had assisted the...
Because the Philistines - They were as inimical to the Jews as the Ammonites, etc., were. Nebuchadnezzar punished them because they had assisted the Tyrians during the time he was besieging their city

Clarke: Eze 25:15 - -- The remnant of the sea coasts - The different seignories of the Philistines inhabited the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, from Judea to Egypt. For o...
The remnant of the sea coasts - The different seignories of the Philistines inhabited the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, from Judea to Egypt. For other matters relative to these prophecies, see Jer 47:4 (note).
Defender: Eze 25:11 - -- Like Ammon, Moab was descended from Lot, was a very prosperous country for 2000 years or more, and was always at enmity with Israel. Like Ammon, God e...
Like Ammon, Moab was descended from Lot, was a very prosperous country for 2000 years or more, and was always at enmity with Israel. Like Ammon, God eventually judged her for this, and her land was taken over by Bedouins and became desolate for centuries. Also like Ammon, God promised an eventual restoration of "Moab in the latter days" (Jer 48:47), even though (like Ammon) she would have been "destroyed from being a people" (Jer 48:42). This means, evidently, that Moab would never again be a distinct people, for her descendants, like those of Ammon, have been amalgamated with the Jordanian Arabs (Jeremiah 48, Amo 2:1-3; Zep 2:8-10)."

Defender: Eze 25:13 - -- The Edomites likewise eventually disappeared from history as a distinct people, and their lands became desolate. The city of Teman was one of its chie...
The Edomites likewise eventually disappeared from history as a distinct people, and their lands became desolate. The city of Teman was one of its chief cities, and apparently so was Dedan, but the locations of both are unknown today (Eze 35:15)."
TSK: Eze 25:10 - -- the men : Eze 25:4
with the Ammonites : or, against the children of Ammon, Eze 25:2-7
may : Eze 21:32; Psa 83:3-6; Isa 23:16
the men : Eze 25:4
with the Ammonites : or, against the children of Ammon, Eze 25:2-7
may : Eze 21:32; Psa 83:3-6; Isa 23:16

TSK: Eze 25:11 - -- I will : Eze 25:17, Eze 5:8, Eze 5:10,Eze 5:15, Eze 11:9, Eze 16:41, Eze 30:14, Eze 30:19, Eze 39:21; Psa 9:16, Psa 149:7; Jud 1:15
upon : Jer 9:25, J...

TSK: Eze 25:12 - -- Because : Eze 25:8, Eze 35:1-15; 2Ch 28:17, 2Ch 28:18; Psa 137:7; Jer. 49:7-22
taking vengeance : Heb. revenging, revengement, Gen 27:41, Gen 27:42; A...
Because : Eze 25:8, Eze 35:1-15; 2Ch 28:17, 2Ch 28:18; Psa 137:7; Jer. 49:7-22
taking vengeance : Heb. revenging, revengement, Gen 27:41, Gen 27:42; Amo 1:11, Amo 1:12; Oba 1:10-16

TSK: Eze 25:13 - -- I will also : Eze 25:7, Eze 25:16; Isa. 34:1-17, Isa 63:1-6; Lam 4:21, Lam 4:22; Mal 1:3, Mal 1:4
and will : Eze 14:8, Eze 14:13, Eze 14:17, Eze 14:19...
I will also : Eze 25:7, Eze 25:16; Isa. 34:1-17, Isa 63:1-6; Lam 4:21, Lam 4:22; Mal 1:3, Mal 1:4
and will : Eze 14:8, Eze 14:13, Eze 14:17, Eze 14:19-21, Eze 29:8; Gen 6:7; Jer 7:20
Teman : Gen 36:11; Jer 49:7, Jer 49:20; Oba 1:9; Hab 3:3
of Dedan shall fall by the sword : or, shall fall by the sword unto Dedan, Jer 25:23, Jer 49:8

TSK: Eze 25:14 - -- by the hand : This was fulfilled by the Maccabees, who not only entirely subjugated them, but obliged them to receive circumcision. Gen 27:29; Isa 11:...

TSK: Eze 25:15 - -- Because : Eze 25:6, Eze 25:12; Isa 14:29-31; Jer 25:20, Jer 47:1-7; Joel 3:4-21; Zep 2:4-7; Amo 1:6-8; Zec 9:5-8
dealt : 2Ch 28:18; Psa 83:7; Isa 9:12...
Because : Eze 25:6, Eze 25:12; Isa 14:29-31; Jer 25:20, Jer 47:1-7; Joel 3:4-21; Zep 2:4-7; Amo 1:6-8; Zec 9:5-8
dealt : 2Ch 28:18; Psa 83:7; Isa 9:12
to destroy : Judg. 14:1-16:31; 1Sam. 4:1-6:21, 13:1-14:52, 17:1-58, 1Sa 21:1-15; 2Sam. 8:1-18; 1Ch 7:21
for the old hatred : or, with perpetual hatred

TSK: Eze 25:16 - -- I will stretch : These predictions against the Philistines, Edomites, and others, seem to have been fulfilled by by Nebuchadnezzar during the siege of...
I will stretch : These predictions against the Philistines, Edomites, and others, seem to have been fulfilled by by Nebuchadnezzar during the siege of Tyre. Berosus states that he subdued Syria, Arabia, Phoenicia, and Egypt; and now their very names have no existence, except in history. Eze 25:7, Eze 25:13
Cherethims : 1Sa 30:14; 2Sa 15:18; Zep 2:4, Zep 2:5-15, Cherethites
and destroy : Jer 47:4
sea coast : or, haven of the sea

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Barnes: Eze 25:10 - -- Ammon and Moab, of common origin, whose lands had so often been interchanged, shall now share a common ruin. To "the men of the east"Eze 25:4 shall ...
Ammon and Moab, of common origin, whose lands had so often been interchanged, shall now share a common ruin. To "the men of the east"Eze 25:4 shall Moab with Ammon be given, that Ammon may be remembercd no more, and judgment be executed on Moab.

Barnes: Eze 25:12 - -- Edom, so named from Esau, consisted of various tribes enumerated in Gen. 36. The Edomites became a powerful nation before the Israelites came out of...
Edom, so named from Esau, consisted of various tribes enumerated in Gen. 36. The Edomites became a powerful nation before the Israelites came out of Egypt. David conquered them, but in the reign of Joram they rebelled and were not again subdued 2Ki 8:20. Under the name of Idumea the land was conquered by John Hyrcanus (compare Eze 25:14), when many of the people adopted the religion of the Jews. In later times the Idumean Herod became king of Palestine, reckoning himself as a Jew. Mount Seir, deserted by its original inhabitants, was occupied by a tribe of Arabians (the Nabatheans), under whelm Petra rose and continued a flourishing city under Roman dominion, until the tide of Mahometan conquest brought it to that ruin in which Edom at last found the complete fulfillment of the prophecies uttered against it Eze 35:1-15.
Taking vengeance - Referring to the wrong done by Jacob to Esau Gen 27:36.

Barnes: Eze 25:13 - -- From Teman ... - Or "from Teman"even unto "Dedan,""shall they fall."Teman and Dedan were districts (not cities), the former in the south (Eze 2...
From Teman ... - Or "from Teman"even unto "Dedan,""shall they fall."Teman and Dedan were districts (not cities), the former in the south (Eze 20:46 note), the latter in the north ("over the whole country").

Barnes: Eze 25:15-17 - -- The Philistines occupying lands to the south of Judah were a Hamite race Gen 10:14, but of a different branch from the Canaanites. They were a power...
The Philistines occupying lands to the south of Judah were a Hamite race Gen 10:14, but of a different branch from the Canaanites. They were a powerful people never dispossessed by the Israelites Jos 13:3. They were a thorn in the side of the chosen people throughout, and joined in attacking Jerusalem in the day of her trouble. They were much reduced by the Assyrians Isa 14:31, and Egyptians Jer 47:1-7, before the time of this prophecy, but further destruction came upon them in the general ruin of the inhabitants of Canaan, which commenced with the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
Cherethims - The inhabitants of the southern portion of Philistia Zep 2:5.
Poole: Eze 25:10 - -- The men of the East: see Eze 25:4 .
With rather against, and so the Hebrew, and the sense is plain; or, as our translation reads it, with, i.e. as ...
The men of the East: see Eze 25:4 .
With rather against, and so the Hebrew, and the sense is plain; or, as our translation reads it, with, i.e. as I have given Ammon, so I will with them give Moab to the Chaldeans first, who will give Moab to the Arabians.
Possession: see Eze 25:4 .
That the Ammonites I suppose here is either an ellipsis, thus, that as the Ammonites should so perish, as not to be remembered, so should Moab also; or else Ammon is appellative here, and speaks the numerousness of Moab, which yet should so cease as to be forgotten.

Poole: Eze 25:11 - -- I will execute though the Chaldeans do it, it is by God’ s direction, and he is principal therein. Judgments; the judgment passed by my prophet....
I will execute though the Chaldeans do it, it is by God’ s direction, and he is principal therein. Judgments; the judgment passed by my prophet. They, those brutish nations, shall know this is my hand.

Poole: Eze 25:12 - -- 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 th...
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 quarrel, because Jacob got the blessing from Esau, or rather in revenging a later quarrel, which they had against Judah for the slaughter, spoil, and captivity they suffered by David’ s conquering sword.
Hath greatly offended both in the thing itself, for vengeance belongs to God; and in the manner and measures of executing it, as appears both from Psa 137:7 , and the prophecy of Oba 1:10-15 , which see, and consider.

Poole: Eze 25:13 - -- Stretch out mine hand: see Eze 25:7 , and Eze 16:27 .
Cut off man by the sword of the Chaldeans, and by other wasting evils which accompany wars, a...
Stretch out mine hand: see Eze 25:7 , and Eze 16:27 .
Cut off man by the sword of the Chaldeans, and by other wasting evils which accompany wars, as famine, pestilence, and other diseases.
And beast either their cattle should be driven away by the plundering soldier, or devoured by the mighty numerous army of Nebuchadnezzar, or wasted with murrain, or all should concur to unstock their pastures.
Desolate a desolation, i.e. most desolate.
From Teman from the south, so the Chaldee paraphrase; but it is rather the name of the region, called by the name of Esau’ s grandson Teman, who also gave name to the metropolis of Idumea, and probably it was in the southern coast of Edom’ s country.
Dedan the Dedanites, who were of Abraham by Keturah, Gen 25:3 ; and these were neighbours to Edom, on the side of Arabia, or else intermixed with the Edomites in habitation and commerce, so that it might be a city reckoned either to Edom or Arabia. From Teman to Dedan the Chaldean sword should waste all.

Poole: Eze 25:14 - -- I will lay my vengeance upon Edom which as it is great, so just, sure, and opportune, their foot slideth in due time, Deu 32:35 .
By the hand of my ...
I will lay my vengeance upon Edom which as it is great, so just, sure, and opportune, their foot slideth in due time, Deu 32:35 .
By the hand of my people Israel no history mentions the fulfilling of this, as it sounds in the letter of it, unless /APC 1Ma 5:3,2Ma 10:16,17 ; some therefore interpret, by the hand, by the same hand, that I used in punishing my people Israel; others refer it to a spiritual meaning, as Isa 11:14 Jer 49:2 Ob 21 .
They the instruments God used, whether Maccabees in after-times, or the Chaldeans in that present age.
Shall do in Edom according to my anger my just displeasure, as it set them on work, shall give them their strength and measures; they shall do as much as I intended against Edom.
And according to my fury redoubled to affect the more, and confirm the prediction.
They shall know my vengeance both Edom, my people, and those I employ, shall see this was my quarrel, which I threatened to revenge, and now have done it, and Edom shall know I am not like their gods, though they said so, Eze 25:8 .

Poole: Eze 25:15 - -- The Philistines next neighbours to the Jews, between whom many quarrels, wars, and mutual spoil, slaughter, and injuries happened, as ever among bord...
The Philistines next neighbours to the Jews, between whom many quarrels, wars, and mutual spoil, slaughter, and injuries happened, as ever among borderers, who make all their own they can catch.
Have dealt by revenge took the opportunity to revenge themselves when the Jews were weak and low.
With a despiteful heart with hatred to them, and contempt of them.
To destroy it for the old hatred: this tells us what their hatred appeared in, it was a hatred to the name and being of Israel, they would cut them off, as Psa 83:7 , with a perpetuated, endless enmity pursuing them.

Poole: Eze 25:16 - -- The Cherethims either a name for all the Philistines, 1Sa 30:14 , or else the principal soldiers, expert bowmen, the strength of Philistia.
The remn...
The Cherethims either a name for all the Philistines, 1Sa 30:14 , or else the principal soldiers, expert bowmen, the strength of Philistia.
The remnant which had escaped the sword of Samuel, David, Hezekiah, and of Psammeticus king of Egypt.
Of the sea-coast the Mediterranean about Azotus.

Poole: Eze 25:17 - -- This verse is a confirmation of all spoken against the Philistines, and is in all the particulars explained in what went before.
Vengeance great f...
This verse is a confirmation of all spoken against the Philistines, and is in all the particulars explained in what went before.
Vengeance great for measure, and many for number, vengeances, as the Hebrew.
With furious rebukes in fierceness of anger, and without pity. They, as other stupid nations, will not see till they feel, and then they shall confess it is the hand of an angry, but just, and mighty God.
Haydock: Eze 25:10 - -- With, or "like thee." Moab (ver. 11.) shall be treated like Ammon. (Haydock) ---
Hebrew, "As for the," &c. (Calmet)
With, or "like thee." Moab (ver. 11.) shall be treated like Ammon. (Haydock) ---
Hebrew, "As for the," &c. (Calmet)

Haydock: Eze 25:12 - -- Revenge; exhorting the Chaldeans to destroy utterly, (Psalm cxxxvi. 7.) and seizing every opportunity of injuring the Jews, 2 Paralipomenon xxviii. 1...
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.

Haydock: Eze 25:13 - -- South. Hebrew, "Theman," a city at one extremity. The Chaldeans laid waste the country, (chap. xxxii. 29.) but did not remove the people, who seize...
South. Hebrew, "Theman," a city at one extremity. The Chaldeans laid waste the country, (chap. xxxii. 29.) but did not remove the people, who seized the southern parts of Juda, till they were forced to submit to the Machabees.

Haydock: Eze 25:15 - -- Enmities. They also watched every moment to injure the Jews, Amos i. 5. But Nabuchodonosor was irritated, because they had assisted Tyre, Jeremias ...
Enmities. They also watched every moment to injure the Jews, Amos i. 5. But Nabuchodonosor was irritated, because they had assisted Tyre, Jeremias xlvii. 4.

Haydock: Eze 25:16 - -- Killers. Hebrew, "Ceretheans." David's guards were of this nation, 2 Kings viii. 18. They came originally from Crete; and the Septuagint have here...
Killers. Hebrew, "Ceretheans." David's guards were of this nation, 2 Kings viii. 18. They came originally from Crete; and the Septuagint have here, "Cretans;" (Calmet) as Grabe substitutes for "Judges of Sidon." (Haydock) ---
Chaldean, "archers." ---
Remnant. They deserve not the name of a nation, having been much reduced by Egypt and the Chaldeans. (Calmet)
Gill: Eze 25:10 - -- Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and I will give them in possession,.... Or, "against the Ammonites", as the Targum; that is, way should b...
Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and I will give them in possession,.... Or, "against the Ammonites", as the Targum; that is, way should be made for the same people of the east, the Chaldeans or Arabians, that came against the Ammonites and destroyed them, to enter into the land of Moab and possess it, as they had done the land of Ammon:
that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations: the name of that people, which is entirely lost; and Moab likewise, which underwent the same fate.

Gill: Eze 25:11 - -- I will execute judgments upon Moab,.... For though the Chaldeans and Arabians were the instruments of their ruin, their destruction was of the Lord; i...
I will execute judgments upon Moab,.... For though the Chaldeans and Arabians were the instruments of their ruin, their destruction was of the Lord; it was his hand that was upon them, and his vengeance that was executed on them, for their hard sayings against his people; for though he had spoke against them in his providence, and chastised them for their sins, yet he will not suffer others to speak against them:
and they shall know that I am the Lord; that takes part with Judah, and will avenge himself of all their enemies.

Gill: Eze 25:12 - -- Thus saith the Lord God,.... Concerning Seir or the Edomites, the prophecy concerning the Moabites being finished:
because that Edom hath dealt aga...
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, "revenging a revenge" w; the Edomites bore an old grudge against the Jews, not only because their father Jacob had got the birthright and blessing from their father Esau; but because they were made tributaries to them in David's time, and afterwards severely chastised by Amaziah; these things they laid up in their minds, and vowed revenge whenever they had an opportunity; and now one offered at the destruction of Jerusalem, which they took:
and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them: not only by rejoicing at the destruction of the Jews, but by encouraging the Babylonians in it; assisting them therein, joining with them in plundering the city, and in cutting off those with the sword who endeavoured to make their escape; see Psa 137:7.

Gill: Eze 25:13 - -- Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Because of such base and barbarous usage, from a people that were originally brethren:
I will also stretch o...
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Because of such base and barbarous usage, from a people that were originally brethren:
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; by the army of Nebuchadnezzar, by the sword of the Chaldeans, and by famine and pestilence, and such like sore judgments; in which the hand of God is manifestly seen:
and I will make it desolate from Teman; a very principal city of Edom, so called from Teman, the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, Gen 36:15 it lay in the south of the land of Idumea; the Targum renders it, "from the south":
and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword; of the Babylonians; this was another city of Edom, it lay in the north of that country; so that hereby is signified that destruction should go through it from the southern to the northern parts of it.

Gill: Eze 25:14 - -- And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by fie hand of my people Israel,.... This was fulfilled in the times of the Maccabees, when Judas Maccabins over...
And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by fie hand of my people Israel,.... This was fulfilled in the times of the Maccabees, when Judas Maccabins overthrew and conquered them,
"Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arabattine, because they besieged Gael: and he gave them a great overthrow, and abated their courage, and took their spoils.'' (1 Maccabees 5:3)
and when Hyrcanus took their cities, and subdued them, and they became Jews, as Josephus x relates; though Kimchi thinks this refers to future time, and is yet to be accomplished; and it is, by the ancient Jews y, understood of the times of the Messiah: some choose to understand the phrase,
by the hand of my people Israel, the same hand by which judgment was inflicted upon Israel; suggesting that by the same hand vengeance would be inflicted on the Edomites, namely, by the Babylonians:
and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; that is, shall execute all the anger and fury, or all that punishment in anger and fury, which the Lord in righteous judgment has appointed them to, and has determined shall be performed upon them, by the children of Israel or the Babylonians, as his instruments:
and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God; the meaning is, they shall feel it, and be sensible of it, and know that it comes from the Lord himself; full of resentment against them, and highly displeased at their behaviour towards his people Israel.

Gill: Eze 25:15 - -- Thus saith the Lord God,.... Once more, and concerning another enemy of the people of Israel, and who had been of old an implacable one:
because th...
Thus saith the Lord God,.... Once more, and concerning another enemy of the people of Israel, and who had been of old an implacable one:
because the Philistines have dealt by revenge: for what they suffered in the times of Saul, when Goliath was slain by David, and their army was discomfited; and for the overthrow of them by David, when he came to throne; and for his burning their images, and subduing them, 1Sa 17:51, this revenge they took in the time of Ahaz, 2Ch 28:18, and very probably also showed their spite at the time of Jerusalem's destruction:
and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; which they bore to the people of Israel, from their first settlement in Canaan; from the times of the judges, particularly Samson; and from the times of Saul and David: it was an old grudge they bore, they had spite and malice in their hearts, and wanted an opportunity to vent it; having determined to take vengeance when they could, and utterly destroy them from being a people; very likely, through despite, they assisted the Chaldean army: or, this they did "with a perpetual hatred" z; they did everything they could, in a spiteful and malicious way, to perpetuate the hatred between them and Israel.

Gill: Eze 25:16 - -- Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Because of such wretched malice and despiteful usage:
behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philisti...
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,.... Because of such wretched malice and despiteful usage:
behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines; as is foretold, Jer 47:1,
and I will cut off the Cherethims: one of the tribes of the Philistines, a principal part of their country, which lay to the south, 1Sa 30:14, there is a beautiful play on words a in the Hebrew:
and destroy the remnant of the seacoast; as that of Ashdod, Caphtor, and Ashkelon, formerly spoiled by other persons; what they left should now be utterly destroyed; see Isa 20:1.

Gill: Eze 25:17 - -- And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes,.... By way of retaliation for their vengeance and fury, wrath and malice, against h...
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes,.... By way of retaliation for their vengeance and fury, wrath and malice, against his people; suggesting, that the judgments inflicted on them, for quantity and quality, should be very great:
and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them; they shall see the hand of God in it, acknowledge his justice, and confess that their gods were idols, and that the God of Israel is the only true God.

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NET Notes: Eze 25:12 Edom apparently in some way assisted in the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/6 b.c. (Ps 137:7; Lam 5:21, 23; Joel 3:19; Obadiah).



NET Notes: Eze 25:15 Heb “to destroy (with) perpetual hostility.” Joel 3:4-8 also speaks of the Philistines taking advantage of the fall of Judah.

NET Notes: Eze 25:16 This is a name for the Philistines, many of whom migrated to Palestine from Crete.

Geneva Bible -> Eze 25:16
Geneva Bible: Eze 25:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the ( f ) Cherethims, and destroy the r...

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TSK Synopsis -> Eze 25:1-17
TSK Synopsis: Eze 25:1-17 - --1 God's vengeance, for their insolency against the Jews, upon the Ammonites;8 upon Moab and Seir;12 upon Edom;15 and upon the Philistines.
MHCC -> Eze 25:8-17
MHCC: Eze 25:8-17 - --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, ...
Matthew Henry -> Eze 25:8-17
Matthew Henry: Eze 25:8-17 - -- Three more of Israel's ill-natured neighbours are here arraigned, convicted, and condemned to destruction, for contributing to and triumphing in Jer...
Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 25:8-11 - --
Against the Moabites
Eze 25:8. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because Moab, like Seir, saith, Behold, like all other nations is the house of Judah...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 25:12-14 - --
Against the Edomites
Eze 25:12. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because Edom acteth revengefully towards the house of Judah, and hath been very gui...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 25:15-17 - --
Against the Philistines
Eze 25:15. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because the Philistines act with revenge, and avenge themselves with contempt in...
Constable: Eze 25:1--32:32 - --III. Oracles against foreign nations chs. 25--32
It is appropriate that this section appears at this point in Ez...

Constable: Eze 25:1-17 - --A. Oracles against Judah's closest neighbors ch. 25
This chapter ties in very closely with the preceding...

Constable: Eze 25:8-11 - --2. Judgment on Moab 25:8-11
25:8 The residents of Moab and Seir (Edom) had regarded Judah as just one of the other nations even though the Judahites w...

Constable: Eze 25:12-14 - --3. Judgment on Edom 25:12-14
25:12 The Edomites had taken vengeance on the Judahites rather than helping them (cf. 36:1-7; Gen. 25:30; 27:41-46; 32:4;...
