Ezekiel 25:1
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
BSB
ASV
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
KJV
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
It was a distinct part of scriptural prophecy to address pagan nations. In Isaiah Isa. 13–19, Jeremiah Jer. 46–51, and here Ezek. 25–32, one section is specially devoted to a collection of such prophecies. Every such prediction had the general purpose of exhibiting the conflict ever waging between the servants of God and the powers of the world, the struggle in which the Church of Christ has still to wrestle against her foes Eph 6:12, but in which she will surely prevail. It was a distinct part of scriptural prophecy to address pagan nations.