Ezekiel 25:7
in Ezekiel 25therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut thee off from the peoples, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 25
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
a spoil--so the Hebrew Margin, or Keri, for the text or Chetib, "meat" (so Eze 26:5; Their goods were to be a "spoil to the foe"; their state was to be "cut off," so as to be no more a "people"; and they were as individuals, for the most part, to be "destroyed."
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This site's exposition
you clapped your hands and stomped your feet
on Ezekiel 25:6-7
The Lord restates the charge in bodily terms, clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet. Keil reads the repetition as deliberate, the second oracle beat driving home that Ammon's crime was performed before whatever audience was watching. The sentence widens from Rabbah made a stable to national extinction.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Chapter 25: And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, set your face against the sons of Ammon, and prophesy against them. And you shall say to the sons of Ammon: Hear the word of the Lord God!
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
): I will stretch out my hand upon thee, a hand that will reach far and strike home, which there is no resisting the blow of, for it is a mighty hand, nor bearing the weight of, for it is a heavy hand.
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17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the L ORD , when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. Three more of Israel's ill-natured neighbours are here arraigned, convicted, and condemned to destruction, for contributing to and triumphing in Jerusalem's fall. Seir, which was the seat of the Edomites, is joined with them (
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Behold, therefore, I will stretch out mine hand upon thee,.... In just retaliation for clapping their hands against his people; and which hand of the Lord they would find to be a heavy one, and which they would not be able either to resist or bear.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
I will cause thee to perish - Except in history, the name of the Ammonites does not now exist.
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֡ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הִנְנִי֩ | hini | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| נָטִ֨יתִי | natiti | I have stretched out | H5186 → | 214 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדִ֜י | yadi | hand my | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עָלֶ֗יךָ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וּנְתַתִּ֤יךָֽ־ | unetatikha- | and I will give you | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְבַז֙ | levag | as spoil | H957 → | 25 times |
| לַגּוֹיִ֔ם | lagoyim | to the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וְהִכְרַתִּ֙יךָ֙ | vehikhratikha | and I will cut off you | H3772 → | 288 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים | haamim | the peoples | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יךָ | vehaavadtikha | and I will destroy you | H6 → | 184 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת | haaratzot | the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אַשְׁמִ֣ידְךָ֔ | ʾashmidekha | I will destroy you | H8045 → | 90 times |
| וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ | veyada'ta | and you will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
לָכֵ֡ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
הִנְנִי֩here I
hiniH2005 →316 times
נָטִ֨יתִיI have stretched out
natitiH5186 →214 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדִ֜יhand my
yadiH3027 →1618 times
עָלֶ֗יךָon you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
וּנְתַתִּ֤יךָֽ־and I will give you
unetatikha-H5414 →2011 times
לְבַז֙as spoil
levagH957 →25 times
לַגּוֹיִ֔םto the nations
lagoyimH1471 →561 times
וְהִכְרַתִּ֙יךָ֙and I will cut off you
vehikhratikhaH3772 →288 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָ֣עַמִּ֔יםthe peoples
haamimH5971 →1873 times
וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יךָand I will destroy you
vehaavadtikhaH6 →184 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָאֲרָצ֑וֹתthe lands
haaratzotH776 →2504 times
אַשְׁמִ֣ידְךָ֔I will destroy you
ʾashmidekhaH8045 →90 times
וְיָדַעְתָּ֖and you will know
veyada'taH3045 →945 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃ ס[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Ezekiel 6:14I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
it leads to
- Isaiah 5:25
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all…
- Isaiah 5:25
Through
Ezekiel 25:16therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:14
We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
- Zephaniah 2:4–15
For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
- Ezekiel 25:13
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman…
- Jeremiah 47:1–7
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
- 2 Samuel 15:18
and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
- 1 Samuel 30:14
Through
Ezekiel 25:13therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 29:8
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
- Jeremiah 25:23
Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
- Ezekiel 29:8
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of 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.
