Ezekiel 25:14
in Ezekiel 25I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.
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This verse in Ezekiel 25
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Vers. 12, 13, et seqq.) Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom has acted vengefully against the children of Judah and has incurred guilt by taking vengeance upon them, therefore thus says the Lord God: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. I will make it a desolation from Teman, and Dedan shall fall by the sword.
This site's exposition
Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah
on Ezekiel 25:12-14
Edom's charge is vengeance carried out, dealt against the house of Judah. The sentence stands apart from the other three: the Lord says he will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. Henry connects the detail to Israel's subjugation of Edom under the Hasmonean kings.
This site's exposition
by the hand of My people Israel
Israel acts here as the LORD's instrument, measured by His anger and wrath. The vengeance belongs to Him, as Deuteronomy 32:35 states. Obadiah 18 pictures the same end, the house of Jacob a fire and the house of Esau stubble.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
But besides that there were saviours to come upon Mount Zion, who should judge the mount of Esau ( Obad. 21 ), and Israel's Redeemer comes with dyed garments from Bozrah ( Isa. lxiii. 1 ), this implies a promise that Israel should recover itself again to such a degree as to be in a capacity of curbing the insolence of its neighbours.
And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by fie hand of my people Israel,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
I will lay my vengeance upon Edom - God will not allow men to insult those whom he has cast down. His judgment is sufficient; to add more is an insult to God. By the hand of may people Israel - This was fulfilled by the Maccabees, who not only defeated them and brought them under complete subjection, but obliged them to receive circumcision, Joseph. Antiq. 50 xiii., c. 17; 1 Maccabees 5:65; 2 Maccabees 10:16.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The Idumeans were finally, by compulsory circumcision, incorporated with the Jewish state by John Hyrcanus (see Isa 34:5; So complete was the amalgamation in Christ's time, that the Herods of Idumean origin, as Jews, ruled over the two races as one people. Thus the ancient prophecy was fulfilled (Ge 25:23), "The elder shall serve the younger."
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
by the hand of My people Israel They will be My agents to wreak My vengeance.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַתִּ֨י | venatati | and I will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִקְמָתִ֜י | nikmati | vengeance my | H5360 → | 27 times |
| בֶּאֱד֗וֹם | beedom | on Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| בְּיַד֙ | beyad | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עַמִּ֣י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְעָשׂ֣וּ | veasu | and they will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בֶאֱד֔וֹם | veedom | with Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| כְּאַפִּ֖י | keapi | according to anger my | H639 → | 276 times |
| וְכַחֲמָתִ֑י | vekhachamati | and according to rage my | H2534 → | 125 times |
| וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִקְמָתִ֔י | nikmati | vengeance my | H5360 → | 27 times |
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
וְנָתַתִּ֨יand I will put
venatatiH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִקְמָתִ֜יvengeance my
nikmatiH5360 →27 times
בֶּאֱד֗וֹםon Edom
beedomH123 →99 times
בְּיַד֙by [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
עַמִּ֣יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְעָשׂ֣וּand they will do
veasuH6213 →2628 times
בֶאֱד֔וֹםwith Edom
veedomH123 →99 times
כְּאַפִּ֖יaccording to anger my
keapiH639 →276 times
וְכַחֲמָתִ֑יand according to rage my
vekhachamatiH2534 →125 times
וְיָֽדְעוּ֙and they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִקְמָתִ֔יvengeance my
nikmatiH5360 →27 times
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 27:29May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you…
it leads to
- Numbers 24:9
He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”
- Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
- Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
- Romans 9:12
not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
- Genesis 9:25–26
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
- Numbers 24:9
Through
Isaiah 11:14They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites…
it leads to
- Joel 3:19
Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
- Joel 3:19
Through
Jeremiah 49:2Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned.…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm…
- Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
- Jeremiah 4:19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.