The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

A spoil to the heathen. The noun for "spoil" is not found elsewhere, but probably means "food." The Hebrew Keri, i.e. its marginal reading, gives the same word as that rendered "spoil" in Ezekiel 27:5.

The meaning is substantially the same whichever word we choose. Ezekiel, it will be noticed, says nothing about the return of the Ammonites, but contemplates, as in Ezekiel 21:32, entire destruction.

The moaning of Rabbah ("great" or "populous"), the mother-city of Ammon, gives greater force to the prophecy of desolation.

More for Ezekiel 25:7

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 25:1-7Ezekiel 25:1-7 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryIt is wicked to be glad at the calamities of any, especially of God's people; it is a sin for which he will surely reckon. God will make it appear that he is the God of Israel, though he suffers them for a time to be ca…Various Nations Threatened. (b. c. 590.)Ezekiel 25:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleVARIOUS NATIONS THREATENED. (B. C. 590.) Here, I. The prophet is ordered to address himself to the Ammonites, in the name of the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel, who is also the God of the whole earth. But what can Chemo…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:1-7Ezekiel 25:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe sin and judgment of the Ammonites. "The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites," etc. For a time the mouth of Ezekiel was closed in relation to his own countrymen…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:1-17Ezekiel 25:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION The section on which we now enter—the great "parenthesis," as I have called it, of Ezekiel's prophetic work—contains messages to the seven nations that were most closely connected with the fortunes of Israel…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:1-7Ezekiel 25:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryMalignity. The prophet, having been enjoined to silence for a season with regard to Israel, turns to the several heathen nations by which his countrymen were encompassed. His mission to them must have been one very pain…The Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:1-17Ezekiel 25:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe tribunal of nations. The Hebrews in captivity might, with probability, suppose that, since God had employed other armies to chastise Israel, such nations were without sin, or else their sins had been condoned by God…

commentaryMatthew Henry on Ezekiel 25:1-7It is wicked to be glad at the calamities of any, especially of God's people; it is a sin for which he will surely reckon. God will make it appear that he is the God of Israel, though he suffers them for a time to be ca…Matthew Henry commentaryVarious Nations Threatened. (b. c. 590.)VARIOUS NATIONS THREATENED. (B. C. 590.) Here, I. The prophet is ordered to address himself to the Ammonites, in the name of the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel, who is also the God of the whole earth. But what can Chemo…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:1-7Malignity. The prophet, having been enjoined to silence for a season with regard to Israel, turns to the several heathen nations by which his countrymen were encompassed. His mission to them must have been one very pain…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:1-17EXPOSITION The section on which we now enter—the great "parenthesis," as I have called it, of Ezekiel's prophetic work—contains messages to the seven nations that were most closely connected with the fortunes of Israel…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:1-7The sin and judgment of the Ammonites. "The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites," etc. For a time the mouth of Ezekiel was closed in relation to his own countrymen…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:1-17The tribunal of nations. The Hebrews in captivity might, with probability, suppose that, since God had employed other armies to chastise Israel, such nations were without sin, or else their sins had been condoned by God…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 25:2-7The scoffing nation. The first nation selected for denunciation is the Ammonite, situated on the east of the Jordan and to the north of Moab, with its further border towards the Syrian desert. Its scoffing at the sacred…Joseph S. Exell and contributors