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Revised Standard Version

Ezekiel 25:8

"Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab said, Behold, 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 English Translation
"This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Moab and Seir say, "Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations."
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:
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 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab said, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations, 9 therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jesh'imoth, Ba'al-me'on, and Kiriatha'im. 10 I will give it along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, that it may be remembered no more among the nations, 11 and I will execute judgments upon Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD. 12 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance upon them, 13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and cut off from it man and beast; and I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword. 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord GOD. 15 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of heart to destroy in never-ending enmity; 16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cher'ethites, and destroy the rest of the seacoast. 17 I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful chastisements. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay 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
As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
Genesis 25:7
These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, a hundred and seventy-five years.
Genesis 25:8
Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:9
Isaac and Ish'mael his sons buried him in the cave of Mach-pe'lah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
Genesis 25:17
(These are the years of the life of Ish'mael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his kindred.)
Genesis 25:28
Isaac loved Esau, because he ate of his game; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 25:29
Once when Jacob was boiling pottage, Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
Genesis 35:18
And as her soul was departing (for she died), she called his name Ben-o'ni; but his father called his name Benjamin.
Genesis 49:29
Then he charged them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Numbers 20:24
"Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the people of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Mer'ibah.

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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