Ezekiel 25:17
By the way I punish them, I will get great revenge on them and show that I am angry with them. And when I get revenge on them, they will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.'”
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Ezekiel 5:15They will make fun of you and taunt you. When I severely punish you because of my being very angry [DOU] with you, they will be horrified and they will be warned. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.
Ezekiel 25:5I will cause your capital city Rabbah to become a pasture for camels, and the rest of Ammon to become only a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.”
Ezekiel 25:14The Israeli people will use their power [MTY] to get revenge on the people of Edom. They will show the people of Edom that I have been angry with them, and I will punish [MTY] them. The people of Edom will experience my getting revenge on them. Then they will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.”
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 25:9-17
Various Nations Threatened. ( b. c. 590.) 8 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, 10 Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. 11 And I will execute judgments… Read the whole commentary →