Ezekiel 25 :: New International Version (NIV)

A Prophecy Against Ammon

Eze 25:1The word of the LORD came to me:

Eze 25:2“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

Eze 25:3Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you said “Aha!” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile,

Eze 25:4

Eze 25:4therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

Eze 25:5

Eze 25:5I will turn Rabbah into a pasture for camels and Ammon into a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Eze 25:6

Eze 25:6For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,

Eze 25:7

Eze 25:7therefore I will stretch out my hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

A Prophecy Against Moab

Eze 25:8

Eze 25:8“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,”

Eze 25:9

Eze 25:9therefore I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning at its frontier towns—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon and Kiriathaim—the glory of that land.

Eze 25:10

Eze 25:10I will give Moab along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered among the nations;

Eze 25:11

Eze 25:11and I will inflict punishment on Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’ ”

A Prophecy Against Edom

Eze 25:12

Eze 25:12“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because Edom took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so,

Eze 25:13

Eze 25:13therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and kill both man and beast. I will lay it waste, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

Eze 25:14

Eze 25:14I will take vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign LORD.’ ”

A Prophecy Against Philistia

Eze 25:15

Eze 25:15“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah,

Eze 25:16

Eze 25:16therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will wipe out the Kerethites and destroy those remaining along the coast.

Eze 25:17

Eze 25:17I will carry out great vengeance on them and punish them in my wrath. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I take vengeance on them.’ ”

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