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I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.&#8217&#8221 <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/25.htm">New Living Translation</a> I will raise my fist of judgment against you. I will give you as plunder to many nations. I will cut you off from being a nation and destroy you completely. Then you will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/25.htm">English Standard Version</a> therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’ <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/25.htm">King James Bible</a> Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/25.htm">New King James Version</a> indeed, therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the LORD.” <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> therefore, behold, I have reached out with My hand against you and I will give you as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and eliminate you from the lands. I will exterminate you. So you will know that I am the LORD.” <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/25.htm">NASB 1995</a> therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and I will give you for spoil to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a> therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you, and I shall give you for spoil to the nations. And I shall cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I shall destroy you. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.” <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you, and I will give you for plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will know that I am Yahweh.” <a href="/amp/ezekiel/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a> therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and will hand you over as prey and spoil to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you. Then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD.” <a href="/csb/ezekiel/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> therefore I am about to stretch out my hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and eliminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> therefore I am about to stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and eliminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezekiel/25.htm">American Standard Version</a> therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut thee off from the peoples, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> And so I will hand you over to enemies who will rob you. I will completely destroy you. There won't be enough of your people left to be a nation ever again, and you will know that I, the LORD, have done these things. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/25.htm">English Revised Version</a> therefore behold, I have stretched out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut thee off from the peoples, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> That is why I will use my power against you and hand you over to the nations as loot. I will wipe you out from among the nations, make you disappear, and destroy you. Then you will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/25.htm">Good News Translation</a> Because you did, I will hand you over to other nations who will rob you and plunder you. I will destroy you so completely that you will not be a nation any more or have a country of your own. Then you will know that I am the LORD." <a href="/isv/ezekiel/25.htm">International Standard Version</a> therefore you'd better watch out! I'm raising a clenched fist in your direction! I'm about to feed you to the surrounding 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 countries. I'm going to destroy you, and that's how you'll learn that I am the LORD.'" <a href="/net/ezekiel/25.htm">NET Bible</a> take note, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the LORD.'" <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> therefore, look, I have stretched out my hand on you, and will deliver you for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am the LORD."'" <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Behold, therefore I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/ezekiel/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’ <a href="/web/ezekiel/25.htm">World English Bible</a> therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand on you, and will deliver you for a plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries. I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you, "" And have given you for a portion to nations, "" And I have cut you off from the peoples, "" And caused you to perish from the lands; I destroy you, and you have known that I [am] YHWH. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Therefore, lo, I -- I have stretched out My hand against thee, And have given thee for a portion to nations, And I have cut thee off from the peoples, And caused thee to perish from the lands; I destroy thee, and thou hast known that I am Jehovah. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For this, behold I stretched forth my hand against thee, and I gave thee for a spoil to the nations, and I cut thee off from the peoples; and I caused thee to perish from the lands: I will destroy thee and thou knewest that I am Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Therefore behold I: will stretch forth my hand upon thee, and will deliver thee to be the spoil of nations, and will cut thee off from among the people, and destroy thee out of the lands, and break thee in pieces: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> therefore, behold, I will extend my hand over you, and I will deliver you as a spoil of the Gentiles. And I will destroy you from the peoples, and I will perish you from the lands, and I will crush you. And you shall know that I am the Lord. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/25.htm">New American Bible</a> therefore, see, I am stretching out my hand against you and giving you up as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and wipe you out of the lands. I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> therefore I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore, thus says the LORD God: I will stretch out my hand against you and will deliver you for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from among the people, and I will destroy you out of the cities, and will make you desolate, and you shall know that I am the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because of this, thus says THE LORD OF LORDS: ‘Behold, I lift up I my hand upon you and I shall give you as prey to the nations, and I shall consume you from the nations, and I shall destroy you from the cities, and I shall make you desolate, and you shall know that I AM LORD JEHOVAH’”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> therefore, behold, I stretch out My hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut thee off from the peoples, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries; I will destroy thee, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> therefore I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee a spoil to the nations; and I will utterly destroy thee from among the peoples, and I will completely cut thee off from out of the countries: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=7252" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/25.htm">A Prophecy Against Ammon</a> …6For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt, 7<a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">I will indeed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: nā·ṭî·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">stretch out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">My hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ū·nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and give you</a> <a href="/hebrew/897.htm" title="897: lə·ḇaḡ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Spoil. A Persian word; food.">as plunder</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: lag·gō·w·yim (Prep-l, 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.">to the nations.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: wə·hiḵ·rat·tî·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">I will cut you off</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘am·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the peoples</a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: wə·ha·’ă·ḇaḏ·tî·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">and exterminate you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the countries.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: ’aš·mî·ḏə·ḵā (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">I will destroy you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wə·yā·ḏa‘·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">and you will know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD.’</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/49-12.htm">Jeremiah 49:12-13</a> For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too. / For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.” <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Isaiah 13:11</a> I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless. <a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm">Obadiah 1:15</a> For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head. <a href="/zephaniah/2-10.htm">Zephaniah 2:10-11</a> This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. / The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place. <a href="/amos/1-13.htm">Amos 1:13-15</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory. / So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest. / Their king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/34-8.htm">Isaiah 34:8</a> For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. <a href="/jeremiah/25-17.htm">Jeremiah 25:17-29</a> So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me, / to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials; / Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people; ... <a href="/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19</a> Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. <a href="/isaiah/63-4.htm">Isaiah 63:4</a> For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come. <a href="/jeremiah/50-31.htm">Jeremiah 50:31-32</a> “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. / The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.” <a href="/matthew/7-2.htm">Matthew 7:2</a> For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. <a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a> Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” <a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a> Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a> Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. <a href="/revelation/18-6.htm">Revelation 18:6</a> Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Behold, therefore I will stretch out my hand on you, and will deliver you for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut you off from the people, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am the LORD.I will stretch<a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm">Ezekiel 25:13,16</a> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword… <a href="/ezekiel/14-9.htm">Ezekiel 14:9</a> And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.<a href="/ezekiel/35-3.htm">Ezekiel 35:3</a> And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.and will<a href="/jeremiah/49-2.htm">Jeremiah 49:2</a> Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.<a href="/amos/1-14.htm">Amos 1:14</a> But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:a spoil.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-47.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-4.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-33.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-48.htm">End</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-24.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-14.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-46.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Stretched</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-12.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-11.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-15.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-15.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-13.htm">End</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-5.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-28.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-2.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-16.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-5.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-13.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-16.htm">Stretched</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 25</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/25-1.htm">God's vengeance, for their insolence against the Jews, upon the Ammonites</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/25-8.htm">upon Moab and Seir</a> 12. <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">upon Edom</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/25-15.htm">and upon the Philistines</a> </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'; 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The imagery of God stretching out His hand is often used in the Old Testament to denote divine action, whether in deliverance or judgment (<a href="/exodus/7-5.htm">Exodus 7:5</a>, <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25</a>). In this context, it is a declaration of impending punishment against the Ammonites for their hostility towards Israel. The stretching out of God's hand is a powerful metaphor for His sovereign control and ability to execute justice.and give you as plunder to the nations. This indicates that the Ammonites will be conquered and their wealth taken by foreign powers. Historically, the Ammonites were situated east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan. They were often in conflict with Israel and other neighboring nations. The prophecy suggests that their land and resources would be seized by invading armies, a common fate for nations that opposed God's people (<a href="/jeremiah/49.htm">Jeremiah 49:1-6</a>).I will cut you off from the peoples This phrase implies a complete severance from the community of nations. The Ammonites would lose their identity and autonomy, becoming insignificant in the geopolitical landscape. This reflects the broader biblical theme of divine retribution for those who oppose God's covenant people. The cutting off from the peoples can also be seen as a form of divine exile, similar to the fate of Israel when they were unfaithful (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Deuteronomy 28:63-64</a>).and exterminate you from the countries. This suggests a total destruction or removal from their land. The Ammonites would face annihilation or dispersion, a fate that befell many ancient peoples who opposed God's will. The term "exterminate" underscores the severity of the judgment. Historically, the Ammonites eventually disappeared as a distinct people, absorbed into other cultures and nations, fulfilling this prophecy.I will destroy you, The repetition of the theme of destruction emphasizes the certainty and completeness of the judgment. This destruction is not just physical but also cultural and spiritual. The Ammonites' gods and practices would be eradicated, highlighting the supremacy of the God of Israel. This serves as a warning to all nations about the consequences of opposing God's purposes.and you will know that I am the LORD.’ This concluding phrase is a common refrain in Ezekiel, underscoring the purpose of divine judgment: to reveal God's sovereignty and identity. The recognition of the LORD as the true God is a central theme in the prophetic literature. It serves as both a warning and an invitation to repentance. The ultimate goal of judgment is not just punishment but the acknowledgment of God's rightful place as the sovereign ruler of all nations (<a href="/ezekiel/6-7.htm">Ezekiel 6:7, 7</a>:4).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and hope. 2. <a href="/topical/a/ammonites.htm">Ammonites</a> A people group descended from Lot, living east of the Jordan River. They were often in conflict with Israel and Judah. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a> The divine retribution pronounced by God against the Ammonites for their actions against Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a> Refers to the surrounding peoples who would be used by God to execute His judgment on the Ammonites. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant name of God, emphasizing His sovereignty and faithfulness to His promises.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God's pronouncement against the Ammonites demonstrates His control over nations and history. Believers can trust that God is just and will address wrongdoing in His timing. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride_and_hostility.htm">The Consequences of Pride and Hostility</a> The Ammonites' pride and hostility towards Israel led to their downfall. This serves as a warning against harboring animosity and pride in our own lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_word.htm">The Certainty of God's Word</a> The fulfillment of God's judgment against the Ammonites underscores the reliability of His word. Christians are encouraged to trust in the promises and warnings found in Scripture. <a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_recognition.htm">God's Desire for Recognition</a> The repeated phrase "you will know that I am the LORD" highlights God's desire for recognition and relationship. Believers are called to acknowledge God's authority and seek a deeper relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a> Ezekiel's role as a prophet reminds us of the importance of listening to God's messengers. Today, this can be applied by valuing biblical teaching and seeking guidance from spiritual leaders.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 25</a> <a href="/q/how_will_edom_be_judged_for_pride.htm">How will Edom face judgment for its pride and betrayal?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_the_ammonites'_fall.htm">In Ezekiel 25:2–7, can any solid historical or archaeological evidence confirm the exact downfall of the Ammonites as predicted? </a> <a href="/q/does_history_confirm_edom's_lasting_hate.htm">If Ezekiel 35:5 describes Edom's 'perpetual hatred,' does historical record support such an unbroken hostility?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_esther_8_11_fit_ot_justice.htm">How does the violent response sanctioned in Esther 8:11 align with broader Old Testament teachings on justice and mercy?</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>(7) For a spoil.--This is the sense of the margin of the Hebrew; its text is represented by our margin, meat or food. The word in the text occurs only here, but a compound of it is found in <a href="/context/daniel/1-5.htm" title="And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.">Daniel 1:5, Dan_11:26</a>. The figure seems to be the same as that which speaks of devouring the people.Shalt know that I am the Lord.--This frequent close of the denunciatory prophecies against Israel in the former chapters is here also used at the close of each message in this chapter, and of many of the other prophecies against foreign nations. It refers not to a penitent recognition of the Lord, but to an experience of His wrath so plain that they can no longer refuse to acknowledge His power (see <a href="/ezekiel/25-14.htm" title="And I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 25:14</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - 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 <a href="/ezekiel/27-5.htm">Ezekiel 27:5</a>. 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 <a href="/ezekiel/21-32.htm">Ezekiel 21:32</a>, entire destruction. The moaning of Rabbah ("great" or "populous"), the mother-city of Ammon, gives greater force to the prophecy of desolation. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>therefore לָכֵ֡ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus I will indeed הִנְנִי֩ (hin·nî) Interjection | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! stretch out נָטִ֨יתִי (nā·ṭî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend My hand יָדִ֜י (yā·ḏî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand against you עָלֶ֗יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against and give you וּנְתַתִּ֤יךָֽ־ (ū·nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set as plunder לְבַז֙ (lə·ḇaz) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_897.htm">Strong's 897: </a> Spoil to the nations. לַגּוֹיִ֔ם (lag·gō·w·yim) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts I will cut you off וְהִכְרַתִּ֙יךָ֙ (wə·hiḵ·rat·tî·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the peoples הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים (hā·‘am·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and exterminate you וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֖יךָ (wə·ha·’ă·ḇaḏ·tî·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> To wander away, lose oneself, to perish from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the countries. הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת (hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land I will destroy you, אַשְׁמִ֣ידְךָ֔ (’aš·mî·ḏə·ḵā) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> To be exterminated or destroyed and you will know וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ (wə·yā·ḏa‘·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I am the LORD.’ יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/25-7.htm">Ezekiel 25:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-7.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 25:7 Therefore behold I have stretched out my (Ezek. 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