Old Testament · Ezekiel

Ezekiel 25

A Prophecy against Ammon

1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 2Son of man^a, set your face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them; 3and say to the children of Ammon: Hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus says the Lord GOD: Because you said, Aha, against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the ground^b of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into the captivity; 4therefore, behold, I am giving you to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in you and put in you their dwellings^c; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5And I will make Rabbah a pasture of camels, and the children of Ammon a resting-place of flocks; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

6For thus says the Lord GOD: Because you clapped your hand, and stamped with the foot, and rejoiced with all your scorn in soul^d against the ground of Israel; 7therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you, and I will give you for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from the peoples, and cause you to perish from the lands; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the LORD.

A Prophecy against Moab

8Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations; 9therefore, behold, I am opening the shoulder of Moab from the cities, from his cities at his frontier, the glory of the land — Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim — 10to the children of the east, against the children of Ammon, and I will give it for a possession, so that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations. 11And in Moab I will execute judgments; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

A Prophecy against Edom

12Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom acted in taking vengeance against the house of Judah, and they have greatly offended, and avenged themselves on them; 13therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, and cut off from it man and beast; and I will make it a waste from Teman, and to Dedan they shall fall by the sword. 14And I will lay My vengeance upon Edom by the hand of My people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance, the declaration of the Lord GOD.

A Prophecy against the Philistines

15Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, and took vengeance with scorn in soul, to destroy with everlasting enmity; 16therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am stretching out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the sea-coast. 17And I will execute great vengeances upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.