Ezekiel 25
1 And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face
steadfastly against the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them;
3 and thou shalt say to the children
of Ammon,
Hear ye the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord; Forasmuch as ye have
rejoiced against my sanctuary, because it was profaned; and against the land
of Israel, because it was laid waste; and against the house of Juda, because
they went into captivity;
4 therefore, behold, I
will deliver you to the children of Kedem for an
inheritance, and they shall lodge in thee with their stuff, and they shall
pitch their tents in thee: they shall eat thy fruits, and they shall drink thy
milk. 5 And I will give up the city of
Ammon for camels' pastures, and the children of Ammon for a pasture of sheep:
and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
6 For thus saith the Lord; Because
thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with thy foot, and heartily
rejoiced against the land of Israel;
7 therefore I will stretch out my hand
against thee, and I will make thee a spoil to the nations; and I will utterly
destroy thee from among the peoples, and I will completely cut thee off from
out of the countries: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
8 Thus saith the Lord; Because Moab
has said, Behold, are not the house of Israel and Juda like all the
other nations?
9 Therefore, behold, I will weaken the
shoulder of Moab from his frontier cities, even the
choice land, the house of Bethasimuth above the fountain of the city, by the
sea-side. 10 I have given him the
children of Kedem in addition to the children of Ammon for an inheritance,
that there may be no remembrance of the children of Ammon.
11 And I will execute vengeance on
Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
12 Thus saith the Lord; Because of
what the Idumeans have done in taking vengeance on the house of Juda, and
because they have remembered injuries, and have
exacted full recompence; 13 therefore
thus saith the Lord; I will also stretch out my hand upon Idumea, and will
utterly destroy out of it man and beast; and will make it desolate; and they
that are pursued out of Thæman shall fall by the sword.
14 And I will execute my vengeance on
Idumea by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall deal in Idumea
according to mine anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my
vengeance, saith the Lord.
15 Therefore thus saith the Lord,
Because the Philistines have wrought revengefully, and raised up vengeance
rejoicing from their heart to destroy
the Israelites to a man;
16 therefore thus saith the Lord;
Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon the
Philistines, and will utterly destroy the Cretans, and will cut off the
remnant that dwell by the sea-coast.
17 And I will execute great vengeance
upon them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have brought my
vengeance upon them.