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Ezekiel 25:8

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This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations;

KJV

Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

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This verse in Ezekiel 25

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

(Verse 8 onwards) This is what the Lord God says: Because Moab and Seir have said, 'Look, just like all the other nations, the house of Judah is also ours,' therefore I will expose Moab's shoulder, including its cities, with the renowned land of Beth Jesimoth, Beelmeon, and Kariathaim. I will give it to the people of the East along with the Ammonites as their inheritance, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. I will also execute judgments against Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.

This site's exposition

the house of Judah is like all the other nations

on Ezekiel 25:8-11

Moab and Seir join with a leveling claim, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen. The Lord answers by naming Moab's glory, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim. Fairbairn notes the closing line folds Moab into Ammon's sentence, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Thus saith the Lord God,....

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Moab and Seir do say - Seir means the Idumeans. It appears that both these, with the Ammonites, had made a league with Zedekiah, Jer 27:3, which they did not keep; and it is supposed that they even joined with the Chaldeans.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Moab accordingly was so wasted by them, that long before the time of Christ it had melted away among the hordes of the desert. For "cities," GROTIUS translates the Hebrew as proper names, the Ar and Aroer, on the Arnon. Hence the Hebrew for "cities," "Ar" is repeated twice (Nu 21:28;

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Prophecies against Moab which lay south of Ammon, and shared Ammon’s implacable hostility to the children of Israel. Seir was close to Moab. Edom is identified with Mount “Seir” in Eze 35:1-15; and “Seir” is therefore probably coupled with “Moab” here because, being near neighbors closely leagued together, they expressed a common exultation at Jerusalem’s fall.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • כֹּ֥הthus

    kohH3541 →577 times

  • אָמַ֖רhe says

    ʾamarH559 →5305 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • יַ֗עַןbecause

    yaanH3282 →99 times

  • אֲמֹ֤רsaid

    ʾamorH559 →5305 times

  • מוֹאָב֙Moab

    moavH4124 →181 times

  • וְשֵׂעִ֔ירand Seir

    veseirH8165 →39 times

  • הִנֵּ֥הthere!

    hinehH2009 →843 times

  • כְּכָֽל־[is] like all

    kekhal-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַגּוֹיִ֖םthe nations

    hagoyimH1471 →561 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 25:12This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,4 worksJeremiah 48:1–47Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.3 worksIsaiah 15:1–9This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night!3 worksJeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;3 worksEzekiel 35:2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,3 worksJeremiah 48:27Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 10:9–11“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?2 worksIsaiah 36:18–20Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?2 worksNumbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.2 worksIsaiah 25:10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.2 worksIsaiah 63:1–6Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”2 worksAmos 2:11–12I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.2 worksDeuteronomy 2:5Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.2 worksJeremiah 49:7–22Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?2 worksZephaniah 2:8–11“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.2 worksJeremiah 27:3Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.2 worksIsaiah 34:1–17Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.2 worksEzekiel 35:1–15Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Jeremiah 25:21

    Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 48:1

      Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and…

    • Psalms 137:7

      Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

    • Jeremiah 9:26

      Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in…

    • Ezekiel 25:2–14

      “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

    • Isaiah 63:1–6

      Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

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About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.

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