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Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah <i>is</i> like unto all the heathen;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Look! The house of Judah <i>is</i> like all the nations,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘The Lord GOD says this: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Thus says the Lord GOD, &#8220Because Moab and Seir say, &#8216Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because Moab and Seir (Edom) say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the [pagan] nations,’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: &#8220Because Moab and Seir said, &#8216Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD God said, "The people of Moab thought Judah was no different from any other nation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: Moab and Seir said, "The nation of Judah is like all the other nations."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Sovereign LORD said, "Because Moab has said that Judah is like all the other nations, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because Moab and Seir are claiming, "Judah's citizens are just like every other nation," <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ?Because Moab and Seir said, ?Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"This is what the sovereign LORD says: 'Moab and Seir say, "Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because Moab and Seir say, "Look, the house of Judah is like all the nations";<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the heathen;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus said Lord YHWH: Because of the saying of Moab and Seir: Behold, the house of Judah [is] as all the nations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of the saying of Moab and Seir: Lo, as all the nations is the house of Judah;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because Moab said, and Seir, Behold, the house of Judah as all the nations;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir have said: Behold the house of Juda is like all other nations: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir have said, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the Gentiles!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab said, “See! the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab said, The house of Judah is like all the other nations,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD God: Because Moab and Seir have said, Behold, the house of Judah is dispersed among all the nations;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus says THE LORD OF LORDS concerning what Moab and Seir said: “Behold the house of Yehuda among all the nations!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because that Moab and Seir do say: Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord; Because Moab has said, Behold, are not the house of Israel and Juda like all the <i>other</i> nations?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=7272" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/25.htm">A Prophecy Against Moab</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">‘Because</a> <a href="/hebrew/4124.htm" title="4124: mō·w·’āḇ (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Lot, also his desc. and the territory where they settled. ">Moab</a> <a href="/hebrew/8165.htm" title="8165: wə·śê·‘îr (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Formed like sa'iyr; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine.">and Seir</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ă·mōr (V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">“Look,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kə·ḵāl- (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">is like all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the other nations,”</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-26.htm">Jeremiah 48:26-27</a></span><br />“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. / Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Isaiah 16:6</a></span><br />We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-1.htm">Amos 2:1-3</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Zephaniah 2:8-10</a></span><br />“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-42.htm">Jeremiah 48:42</a></span><br />Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Isaiah 15:1-9</a></span><br />This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! / Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm">Jeremiah 48:29-30</a></span><br />We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart. / I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Numbers 24:17</a></span><br />I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-10.htm">Isaiah 25:10-12</a></span><br />For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile. / He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands. / The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-2.htm">Jeremiah 48:2</a></span><br />There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Isaiah 11:14</a></span><br />They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">Jeremiah 48:11</a></span><br />Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a></span><br />When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-7.htm">Jeremiah 48:7</a></span><br />Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm">Isaiah 13:1-22</a></span><br />This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: / Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles. / I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like to all the heathen;</p><p class="hdg">Moab</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Numbers 24:17</a></b></br> I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/83-4.htm">Psalm 83:4-8</a></b></br> They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from <i>being</i> a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Isaiah 15:1-16:14</a></b></br> The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, <i>and</i> brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, <i>and</i> brought to silence; … </p><p class="hdg">Seir</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Ezekiel 25:12-14</a></b></br> Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/35-1.htm">Ezekiel 35:1-10</a></b></br> Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/2-5.htm">Deuteronomy 2:5</a></b></br> Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau <i>for</i> a possession.</p><p class="hdg">the house</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-9.htm">Isaiah 10:9-11</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not Calno as Carchemish? <i>is</i> not Hamath as Arpad? <i>is</i> not Samaria as Damascus? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/36-18.htm">Isaiah 36:18-20</a></b></br> <i>Beware</i> lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-3.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-47.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Seir</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/28-25.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Moab</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-10.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-2.htm">Seir</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Sovereign</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/25-1.htm">God's vengeance, for their insolence against the Jews, upon the Ammonites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">upon Moab and Seir</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">upon Edom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/25-15.htm">and upon the Philistines</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This is what the Lord GOD says:</b><br>This phrase introduces a divine pronouncement, emphasizing the authority and sovereignty of God. It is a common prophetic formula used to assert that the message is not from the prophet himself but from God. This underscores the seriousness and certainty of the message that follows.<p><b>Because Moab and Seir said:</b><br>Moab and Seir represent two distinct regions and peoples. Moab was located east of the Dead Sea, and its people were descendants of Lot. Seir refers to the mountainous region inhabited by the Edomites, descendants of Esau. Both groups had historical enmity with Israel. Their mention here highlights their shared attitude towards Judah, reflecting a broader regional hostility.<p><b>“Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”</b><br>This statement reflects a dismissive and contemptuous attitude towards Judah. By equating Judah with other nations, Moab and Seir deny Judah's unique covenant relationship with God. This sentiment echoes the broader biblical theme of nations misunderstanding or underestimating God's chosen people. It also reflects a failure to recognize the distinctiveness of Judah's calling and destiny, as seen in passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>, where Israel is described as a holy people chosen by God. This attitude of Moab and Seir can be seen as a precursor to the judgment pronounced upon them, as it challenges God's plan and purpose for His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>A nation descended from Lot, located east of the Dead Sea. Historically, Moab had a contentious relationship with Israel, often opposing them.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/seir.htm">Seir</a></b><br>A mountainous region associated with the Edomites, descendants of Esau. Seir often symbolizes opposition to Israel in biblical texts.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_judah.htm">House of Judah</a></b><br>Refers to the southern kingdom of Israel, which included the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. At this time, Judah was under threat and eventual exile due to its disobedience to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a></b><br>The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who speaks through the prophet Ezekiel to pronounce judgment on the nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages of judgment and hope to Israel and the surrounding nations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/pride_and_comparison.htm">Pride and Comparison</a></b><br>Moab and Seir's statement reflects a prideful comparison, seeing Judah as no different from other nations. This attitude of pride and comparison can lead to downfall, as it did for these nations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite the nations' perceptions, God remains sovereign over all. His plans for Judah and the nations are not thwarted by human opinion or actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_accountability.htm">Judgment and Accountability</a></b><br>God holds nations accountable for their attitudes and actions towards His people. This serves as a reminder of the importance of aligning our perspectives with God's truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_complacency.htm">The Danger of Complacency</a></b><br>Judah's situation serves as a warning against complacency in our spiritual lives. Just as Judah faced consequences for their disobedience, so too must we remain vigilant in our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>While judgment is pronounced, God's ultimate plan includes restoration and hope for His people, encouraging us to trust in His redemptive purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_25_8-11_match_moab's_history.htm">Does Ezekiel 25:8–11 align with known historical records of Moab’s fate, or is there any contradiction or lack of corroboration? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'great_judgment'_in_ezekiel_25_11.htm">What does executing great judgment mean in Ezekiel 25:11?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_15_depict_moab's_ruin.htm">Why does Isaiah 15 focus on Moab’s seemingly complete devastation, while other passages describe Moab’s later resilience? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_moabites_in_the_bible.htm">Who were the Moabites in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Moab and Seir.</span>--The two nations, here mentioned together, are afterwards treated separately--Moab, <a href="/context/ezekiel/25-8.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like to all the heathen;">Ezekiel 25:8-11</a>, and Edom, <a href="/context/ezekiel/25-12.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD; Because that Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged himself on them;">Ezekiel 25:12-14</a>. Moab, springing from the same source with Ammon, was closely associated with it in its history and fortune, and is denounced in nearly the same prophecies. It was a more settled and stronger people, and also contributed its quota to the armies of Nebuchadnezzar. Additional prophecies in regard to it may be found in <a href="/numbers/24-17.htm" title="I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.">Numbers 24:17</a> and Isaiah 15, 16, besides those immediately connected with the prophecies expressly against Ammon already cited. The Moabites, so far as they were separated from the Ammonites, lay immediately to the south of them.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Moab and Seir</span>. "Seir" stands elsewhere for Edom, but here appears as distinguished from it, the latter nation having a distinct message in Ver. 12. A possible explanation is found in <a href="/2_chronicles/20-23.htm">2 Chronicles 20:23</a>, where we find Moab and Ammon joined together against the inhabitants of Mount Seir. The Moabites may have retained possession of it, and so Ezekiel may have coupled the two names together. Their sin also, like that of Ammon, is that they exulted in the fall of Jerusalem. It was come down to the level of other cities, no longer exalted above them by the blessing of Jehovah. The Moabite Stone, found in the ruins of Dibon ('Records of the Past,' 9:165), on which Mesha, King of Moab, narrates his conquests over neighboring nations, including Israel, testifies to the strength of the kingdom, and in <a href="/isaiah/15.htm">Isaiah 15</a>. and 16. it is represented as conspicuous for its pride. They too, like the Ammonites, served in Nebuchadnezzar's army (<a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲדֹנָ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḏō·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Lord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוִ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Because</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֗עַן</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moab</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹאָב֙</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·’āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Seir</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשֵׂעִ֔יר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·śê·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8165.htm">Strong's 8165: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲמֹ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Look,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is like all</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּכָֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḵāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the other nations,”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Ezekiel 25:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 25:8 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Moab (Ezek. 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