Ezekiel 25:8

This is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “ The people of Moab south of Ammon and the people of Seir south of Moab despised Israel and said, ‘The people [MTY] of Israel have become as unimportant as all the other nations!’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

In Context

7Therefore, I will use my power [MTY] against you, and I will enable other nations to conquer you and take away your valuable possessions. I will destroy you completely [DOU], with the result that you no longer will be a nation. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’”

9Therefore, I will destroy the cities that protect the borders of Moab, starting at Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon, and Kiriathaim, the finest cities in Moab.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:17The things that I see in the vision are not going to happen now; I see things that God will cause to happen in the future. A man who is a descendant of Jacob will appear like a star [MET]; a king who holds a scepter will be one of the Israeli people. He will crush the heads of you people of Moab; he will wipe out the descendants of Seth.

2 Chronicles 32:19They belittled the God worshiped by the people of Jerusalem as they belittled the gods of the other people-groups of the world—saying that they were only idols made by humans.

Isaiah 10:9We destroyed Calno city like we destroyed Carchemish city, We destroyed Hamath city like we destroyed Arpad city; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.

Isaiah 25:10Yahweh [MTY] will protect and bless Jerusalem. But he will crush the people in the land of Moab; they will be like [SIM] straw that is trampled in the manure and left to rot.

Isaiah 36:18Do not allow Hezekiah to mislead you by saying, “Yahweh will rescue us.” The gods that people of other nations worship have never [RHQ] rescued any of them from the power [MTY] of the King of Assyria!

Jeremiah 12:14This is also what Yahweh said to me: “ I will punish the evil nearby nations that have been trying to take away the land that I gave to my Israeli people, and I will force them to leave their own land. But I will throw the people of Judah out of their land, also.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 25:2-8

Various Nations Threatened. ( b. c. 590.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; 3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God ; Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; 4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a… Read the whole commentary →

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