6 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Because you aclapped your hands, stamped your feet, and brejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,
7 indeed, therefore, I will astretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
Proclamation Against Moab
8 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because aMoab and bSeir say, ‘Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,’
9 therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and aKirjathaim.
10 aTo the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites bmay not be remembered among the nations.
11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the Lord.”
Proclamation Against Edom
12 ‘Thus says the Lord God: a“Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,”
13 therefore thus says the Lord God: “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword.
14 aI will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance,” says the Lord God.
Proclamation Against Philistia
15 ‘Thus says the Lord God: a“Because bthe Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with1 a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the2 old hatred,”
16 therefore thus says the Lord God: a“I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the bCherethites cand destroy the remnant of the seacoast.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Ezekiel 25:8.
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