Ezekiel 25:9
in Ezekiel 25therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,
KJV
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth–jeshimoth, Baal–meon, and Kiriathaim,
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This verse in Ezekiel 25
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(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.
This site's exposition
expose the flank of Moab
The Hebrew for flank is the word for shoulder, the exposed side of a body. Its frontier cities guarded that side. Keil reads Moab as laid open once Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim fall, leaving the heart of the land undefended.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities,....
Note, Those who glory in any other defence and protection than that of the divine power, providence, and promise, will sooner or later see cause to be ashamed of their glorying.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
I will open the side ... - i. e., lay it open to the attack of the enemy from the cities, from his cities, from his frontier (or, in every quarter). There is an ironical stress on “his” cities, because these cities belonged not to Moab but to Israel, having been assigned to the Reubenites Num 32:38; Jos 13:20. They lay to the north of the river Arnon, which was the proper boundary of Moab Num 21:13. The Moabites had in the last days of the kingdom of Israel recovered this territory Isa 16:1-
I will open the side - קתף ketheph, the shoulder, the strongest frontier place. Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim were strong frontier towns of Moab.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
To the children of the East I will expose them so that they should come upon the children of Ammon through the land of Moab.
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
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵן֩ | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הִנְנִ֨י | hini | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| פֹתֵ֜חַ | foteach | [am] about to open | H6605 → | 144 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כֶּ֤תֶף | ketef | [the] shoulder of | H3802 → | 67 times |
| מוֹאָב֙ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
| מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים | mehearim | from the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| מֵֽעָרָ֖יו | mearav | from cities its | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| מִקָּצֵ֑הוּ | mikatzehu | from border its | H7097 → | 97 times |
| צְבִ֗י | tzevi | [the] beauty of | H6643 → | 33 times |
| אֶ֚רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | Beth | H1020 → | |
| הַיְשִׁימֹ֔ת | hayshimot | <of the> Jeshimoth | H1020 → | |
| בַּ֥עַל | baal | Baal | H1186 → | |
| מְע֖וֹן | meon | Meon | H1186 → | |
| וְקִרְיָתָֽיְמָה׃ | vekiryatemah | and Kiriathaim <towards> | H7156 → |
לָכֵן֩<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
הִנְנִ֨יhere I
hiniH2005 →316 times
פֹתֵ֜חַ[am] about to open
foteachH6605 →144 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כֶּ֤תֶף[the] shoulder of
ketefH3802 →67 times
מוֹאָב֙Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםfrom the cities
mehearimH5892 →1090 times
מֵֽעָרָ֖יוfrom cities its
mearavH5892 →1090 times
מִקָּצֵ֑הוּfrom border its
mikatzehuH7097 →97 times
צְבִ֗י[the] beauty of
tzeviH6643 →33 times
אֶ֚רֶץ[the] land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
בֵּ֣יתBeth
beitH1020 →
הַיְשִׁימֹ֔ת<of the> Jeshimoth
hayshimotH1020 →
בַּ֥עַלBaal
baalH1186 →
מְע֖וֹןMeon
meonH1186 →
וְקִרְיָתָֽיְמָה׃and Kiriathaim <towards>
vekiryatemahH7156 →
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
Joshua 12:3as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 3:17
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- Joshua 11:2
to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;
- Joshua 13:20
Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—
- Deuteronomy 4:49
including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
- Genesis 19:25
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
- Deuteronomy 3:17
Through
Jeremiah 48:23upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
it leads to
- Joshua 13:17
to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
- 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…
- Joshua 13:17
Through
Joshua 13:17to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
it leads to
- Numbers 32:38
as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 32:38
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This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel and Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.