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Ezekiel 25:8

"This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Moab and Seir say, "Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ammonites;   Scofield Reference Index - Gentile;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;   Moabites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Ezekiel;   Moabites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Suffering;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moab, Moabites;   Zephaniah (1);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Moab;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ammonites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;   Joel (2);   Zephaniah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jerome (Eusebius Hieronymus Sophronius);   Moab;   Seir;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“‘This is what the Lord God says: Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.”
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Mo'av and Se`ir say, Behold, the house of Yehudah is like all the nations;
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord God ; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
English Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord God : Because Moab and Seir said, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,'
New American Standard Bible
'The Lord GOD says this: "Because Moab and Seir say, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,'
New Century Version
"This is what the Lord God says: ‘Moab and Edom say, "The people of Judah are like all the other nations."
Amplified Bible
'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because Moab and Seir (Edom) say, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the [pagan] nations,'
World English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith the Lord God, Because that Moab and Seir doe say, Beholde, the house of Iudah is like vnto all the heathen,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because Moab and Seir say, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,'
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,'
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because Moab and Seir said, "Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,"
Contemporary English Version
The Lord God said, "The people of Moab thought Judah was no different from any other nation.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Adonai Elohim says: ‘Because Mo'av and Se‘ir say, "The house of Y'hudah is like all the other nations,"
Darby Translation
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations,
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what the Lord God says: "Moab and Seir say, ‘The family of Judah is just like any other nation.'
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD God: Because Moab and Seir have said, Behold, the house of Judah is dispersed among all the nations;
Good News Translation
The Sovereign Lord said, "Because Moab has said that Judah is like all the other nations,
Lexham English Bible
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of Moab and Seir saying, ‘The house of Judah is like all of the nations,'
Literal Translation
So says the Lord Jehovah: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth ye LORDE God: For so moch as Moab and Seir do saye: As for the house off Iuda, it is but like as all other Getiles be:
American Standard Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations;
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord has said: Because Moab and Seir are saying, See, the people of Judah are like all the nations;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because that Moab and Seir do say: Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations,
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord God, Because that Moab and Seir doe say, Behold, the house of Iudah is like vnto all the heathen:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus sayth the Lord God: Forsomuch as Moab and Seir do say, Beholde the house of Iuda is like as all gentiles be:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord; Because Moab has said, Behold, are not the house of Israel and Juda like all the other nations?
English Revised Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord God seith these thingis, For that that Moab and Seir seiden, Lo! the hous of Juda is as alle folkis; therfor lo!
Update Bible Version
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Moab and Seir say, Look, the house of Judah is like all the nations;
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah [is] like all the heathen;
New King James Version
"Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because Moab and Seir say, "Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,'
New Living Translation
"This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the people of Moab have said that Judah is just like all the other nations,
New Life Bible
‘The Lord God says, "Because Moab and Seir say, ‘See, Judah is like all the nations,'
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord God : Because Moab said, The house of Judah is like all the other nations,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus saith My Lord Yahweh: Because Moab and Seir say, Lo! like all the nations, is the house of Judah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir have said: Behold the house of Juda is like all other nations:
Revised Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab said, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of the saying of Moab and Seir: Lo, as all the nations [is] the house of Judah;
THE MESSAGE
" God , the Master, says: Because Moab said, ‘Look, Judah's nothing special,' I'll lay wide open the flank of Moab by exposing its lovely frontier villages to attack: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. I'll lump Moab in with Ammon and give them to the people of the east for the taking. Ammon won't be heard from again. I'll punish Moab severely. And they'll realize that I am God ."

Contextual Overview

8 "This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Moab and Seir say, "Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations." 9 So look, I am about to open up Moab's flank, eliminating the cities, including its frontier cities, the beauty of the land—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. 10 I will hand it over, along with the Ammonites, to the tribes of the east, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. 11 I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord .'" 12 "This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable by taking vengeance on them. 13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die by the sword. 14 I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience my vengeance, declares the sovereign Lord .'" 15 "This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘The Philistines have exacted merciless revenge, showing intense scorn in their effort to destroy Judah with unrelenting hostility. 16 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill the Cherethites and destroy those who remain on the seacoast. 17 I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord , when I exact my vengeance upon them.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Moab: Numbers 24:17, Psalms 83:4-8, Isaiah 15:1 - Isaiah 16:14, Isaiah 25:10, Jeremiah 25:21, Jeremiah 48:1-47, Amos 2:1-3, Zephaniah 2:8-11

Seir: Ezekiel 25:12-14, Ezekiel 35:1-15, Deuteronomy 2:5, Isaiah 34:1-17, Isaiah 63:1-6, Jeremiah 27:3, Jeremiah 49:7-22, Amos 2:11, Amos 2:12, Obadiah 1:1-9

the house: Isaiah 10:9-11, Isaiah 36:18-20

Reciprocal: Genesis 33:14 - unto Seir Deuteronomy 30:7 - General Jeremiah 40:11 - all the Jews Jeremiah 48:27 - was not Lamentations 1:21 - they are Lamentations 4:21 - be glad Ezekiel 25:3 - thou saidst Ezekiel 25:5 - and ye Ezekiel 35:2 - mount Ezekiel 36:5 - against all Joel 3:2 - and parted

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.
Genesis 25:7
Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
Genesis 25:8
Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors.
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.
Genesis 25:17
Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.
Genesis 25:28
Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 25:29
Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.
Genesis 35:18
With her dying breath, she named him Ben Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.
Genesis 49:29
Then he instructed them, "I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Numbers 20:24
"Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors, for he will not enter into the land I have given to the Israelites because both of you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord God,.... By his servant the prophet, to whom the word of the Lord came; as concerning the Ammonites, so likewise concerning the Moabites, as follows:

because that Moab and Seir do say; that is, the Moabites, and the Edomites, which latter are meant by Seir, that being the seat of them; these lived near one another, and bore a like enmity to the Israelites and Jews, and had the same sentiments concerning them, and said the same things of them: only Moab is mentioned in the Septuagint and Arabic versions: the Moabites are first prophesied of, and then the Edomites, who both joined in saying, behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the Heathen; it fares no better with them than with the rest of the nations, who do not profess and serve the same God they do; they are fallen into the hands of the king of Babylon, as well as others; and have no more security against him, nor protection from him, than other people; they pretend to serve and worship the one only living and true God, and to be his covenant people, and to be favoured with privileges above all other nations; and yet are brought into the same miserable circumstances, and left in them, as others are; where is the God they boast of, and their superior excellence to the rest of the world? thus blasphemously, as well as wickedly, did they insult them, which was provoking to the Lord. The Targum renders it interrogatively,

"in what do the house of Judah differ from all people?''

and so the Septuagint,

"behold, are not the house of Israel and Judah in like manner as all nations?''

Jerom, on the place, relates a fable of the Jews, that when the city and temple were opened, the Ammonites, Moobites, and Edomites, went into the temple, and saw the cherubim over the mercy seat, and said, as all nations worship images, so Judah hath the idols of their religion. Jarchi makes mention of such a Midrash, but with some difference.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Ezekiel 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 25:8. Moab and Seir do saySeir means the Idumeans. It appears that both these, with the Ammonites, had made a league with Zedekiah, Jeremiah 27:3, which they did not keep; and it is supposed that they even joined with the Chaldeans.


 
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