Ezekiel 25

Contemporary English Version

Judgment on Ammon

25 ^(A) The Lord God said:

²Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the people of Ammon ³and tell them:

You celebrated when my temple was destroyed, when Israel was defeated, and when my people were taken away as prisoners. ⁴Now I am going to let you be conquered by tribes from the eastern desert. They will set up their camps in your land and eat your fruit and drink your milk. ⁵Your capital city of Rabbah will be nothing but pastureland for camels, and the rest of the country will be pastures for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord God.

⁶You hated Israel so much that you clapped and shouted and celebrated. ⁷And so I will hand you over to enemies who will rob you. I will completely destroy you. There won't be enough of your people left to be a nation ever again, and you will know that I, the Lord, have done these things.

Judgment on Moab

⁸^(B) The Lord God said, “The people of Moab^[a] thought Judah was no different from any other nation. ⁹So I will let Moab's fortress towns along its border be attacked, including Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon, and Kiriathaim. ¹⁰The same eastern desert tribes that invade Ammon will invade Moab, and just as Ammon will be forgotten forever, ¹¹Moab will be punished. Then the people there will know that I am the Lord.”

Judgment on Edom

¹²^(C) The Lord God then said, “The people of Edom are guilty of taking revenge on Judah. ¹³So I will punish Edom by killing all its people and livestock. It will be an empty wasteland all the way from Teman to Dedan. ¹⁴I will send my own people to take revenge on the Edomites by making them feel my fierce anger. And when I punish them, they will know that I am the Lord God.”

Judgment on Philistia

¹⁵^(D) The Lord God said, “The cruel Philistines have taken revenge on their enemies over and over and have tried to destroy them. ¹⁶Now it's my turn to treat the Philistines as my enemies and to kill everyone^[b] living in their towns along the seacoast. ¹⁷In my fierce anger, I will take revenge on them. And when I punish them, they will know that I am the Lord.”

Footnotes

25.8 Moab: One ancient translation; Hebrew “Moab and Edom.”
25.16 kill everyone: The Hebrew text also has the name “Cherethites,” which was a group of people that lived just southeast of Philistia, and was often identified with the Philistines.