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therefore you’d better[a] watch out! I’m raising a clenched fist[b] in your direction! I’m about to feed you to the surrounding[c] nations as war plunder. I’m going to eliminate you as a nation and kill off those of you who survive to live in other[d] countries. I’m going to destroy you, and that’s how you’ll learn that I am the Lord.’”

A Message Rebuking Moab and Seir

“This is what the Lord God says: ‘Because Moab and Seir are claiming, “Judah’s citizens are[e] just like every other[f] nation,” therefore you’d better watch out! I’m going to tear open Moab’s flanks, starting with its frontier cities—the very glory of the nation!—including Beth-jeshimoth,[g] Baal-meon,[h] and Kiriathaim.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 25:7 The Heb. lacks you’d better
  2. Ezekiel 25:7 Lit. I’m stretching out my hand
  3. Ezekiel 25:7 The Heb. lacks surrounding
  4. Ezekiel 25:7 The Heb. lacks other
  5. Ezekiel 25:8 Lit. Judah’s household is
  6. Ezekiel 25:8 The Heb. lacks other
  7. Ezekiel 25:9 This city was originally intended to be owned by the tribe of Reuben. Cf. Num 33:49; Josh 12:3; 13:20. The name means House of Destruction.
  8. Ezekiel 25:9 This city was originally intended to be owned by the tribe of Reuben. Cf. Num 33:38; 1Chron 5:8. The name means Lord of the Habitation.
  9. Ezekiel 25:9 This city was originally intended to be owned by the tribe of Reuben. Cf. Num 32:37; Josh 13:19. The name means Twin Cities.

therefore I will stretch out my hand(A) against you and give you as plunder(B) to the nations. I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy(C) you, and you will know that I am the Lord.(D)’”

A Prophecy Against Moab

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab(E) and Seir(F) said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,” therefore I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning at its frontier towns—Beth Jeshimoth(G), Baal Meon(H) and Kiriathaim(I)—the glory of that land.

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