Ezekiel 25:17
in Ezekiel 25I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
KJV
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
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This verse in Ezekiel 25
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes,.... By way of retaliation for their vengeance and fury, wrath and malice, against his people; suggesting, that the judgments inflicted on them, for quantity and quality, should be very great: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them; they shall see the hand of God in it, acknowledge his justice, and confess that their gods were idols, and that the God of Israel is the only true God.
This site's exposition
with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility
on Ezekiel 25:15-17
The Philistines close the set of four with the same charge, revenge and a despiteful heart. The sentence names the Cherethims, a Philistine group elsewhere tied to David's own bodyguard in 2 Samuel 8:18. Clarke reads the chapter's four oracles as one unit closing on the recognition formula.
This site's exposition
execute great vengeance against them
Furious reproof pictures punishment delivered in the heat of wrath. Nebuchadnezzar had already sacked the Philistine city of Ashkelon in 604 BC, and the coast lay in Babylon's path. The LORD names the vengeance His own.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
) those that were for avenging themselves shall find that God will execute great vengeance upon them. This was fulfilled when that country was wasted by the Chaldean army, not long after the destruction of Jerusalem, which is foretold, Jer. xlvii .
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Ezekiel is now a captive in Babylon, and has been so many years, and knows little of the state of his own nation, much less of the nations that were about it; but God tells him both what they were doing and what he was about to do with them. And thus by the spirit of prophecy he is enabled to speak as pertinently to their case as if he had been among them.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָשִׂ֤יתִי | veasiti | and I will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בָם֙ | vam | on them | ||
| נְקָמ֣וֹת | nekamot | vengeance<s> | H5360 → | 27 times |
| גְּדֹל֔וֹת | gedolot | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| בְּתוֹכְח֖וֹת | betokhchot | with rebukes of | H8433 → | |
| חֵמָ֑ה | chemah | rage | H2534 → | 125 times |
| וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֣י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּתִתִּ֥י | betiti | when have put I | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִקְמָתִ֖י | nikmati | vengeance my | H5360 → | 27 times |
| בָּֽם׃ ס | bam | on them |
וְעָשִׂ֤יתִיand I will do
veasitiH6213 →2628 times
בָם֙on them
vam
נְקָמ֣וֹתvengeance<s>
nekamotH5360 →27 times
גְּדֹל֔וֹתgreat
gedolotH1419 →526 times
בְּתוֹכְח֖וֹתwith rebukes of
betokhchotH8433 →
חֵמָ֑הrage
chemahH2534 →125 times
וְיָֽדְעוּ֙and they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֣יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֔ה[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּתִתִּ֥יwhen have put I
betitiH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נִקְמָתִ֖יvengeance my
nikmatiH5360 →27 times
בָּֽם׃ סon them
bam
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
Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
it leads to
- Exodus 7:5
And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
- Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- Exodus 14:31
When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.
- Psalms 83:17–18
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
- Exodus 7:5
Through
Ezekiel 25:5I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
it leads to
- Ezekiel 21:20
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 12:26
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
- Ezekiel 21:20
Through
Ezekiel 5:15So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD,…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 22:8–9
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
- Jeremiah 22:8–9
Through
Ezekiel 25:14I 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…
it leads to
- Genesis 27:29
May 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…
- Genesis 27:29
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.