In the eight Chapter s now following there are contained some of the mightiest prophecies of the Old Testament against the chief heathen nations of the time, all of whom had, at one time or another, opposed the people of God and hindered His good and gracious will concerning them. Against Ammon and... [ Continue Reading ]
The word of the Lord, now withheld from the Jews for a time, CAME AGAIN UNTO ME, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot's younger daughter and therefore related to Israel, whose God they had originally known, Genesis 19:38, AND PROPHESY AGAINST THEM,... [ Continue Reading ]
and say unto the Ammonites, in a formal declaration of God's attitude toward them, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD GOD, of the sovereign Ruler of the universe, who is at the same time the God of the covenant, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, BECAUSE THOU SAIDST, AHA! an expression of malignant joy, AGAINST MY SAN... [ Continue Reading ]
behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the East, that is, the Bedouin tribes of the Arabian deserts, FOR A POSSESSION, AND THEY SHALL SET THEIR PALACES IN THEE, that is, their corrals and enclosures for their cattle, AND MAKE THEIR DWELLINGS IN THEE, pitching their tents wherever they c... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make Rabbah, the capital of Ammonitis, Deuteronomy 3:11, A STABLE FOR CAMELS, the nomad tribes using it for this very purpose, AND THE AMMONITES, the inhabitants of the country here standing for the entire province, A COUCHING-PLACE FOR FLOCKS, the Arabs choosing any place they liked for... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord God, Because thou hast clasped thine hands, in malignant glee, AND STAMPED WITH THE FEET, as if dancing for joy, AND REJOICED IN HEART, with a malicious delight of the innermost soul, WITH ALL THY DESPITE AGAINST THE LAND OF ISRAEL, with all the contempt of which the Ammonite... [ Continue Reading ]
behold, therefore I will stretch out Mine hand upon thee, in the gesture and act of a stern punishment, AND WILL DELIVER THEE FOR A SPOIL TO THE HEATHEN, the nation which eventually brought about the complete destruction of Ammon; AND I WILL CUT THEE OFF FROM THE PEOPLE, AND I WILL CAUSE THEE TO PER... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord God, Because that Moab and Seir, Idumea joining Moab in its hatred of the Lord's people, DO SAY, BEHOLD, THE HOUSE OF JUDAH IS LIKE UNTO ALL THE HEATHEN, that is, without advantage over them, subject to the same in life, without the protection of God,... [ Continue Reading ]
therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab, literally, "the shoulder of Moab," the Moabites being descendants of the older daughter of Lot, Genesis 19:37, FROM THE CITIES, so that the entire country would be included in this sentence of punishment, FROM HIS CITIES WHICH ARE ON HIS FRONTIERS, fr... [ Continue Reading ]
unto the men of the East, the Bedouin tribes, WITH THE AMMONITES, whose fate they would be obliged to share, AND WILL GIVE THEM IN POSSESSION, THAT THE AMMONITES MAY NOT BE REMEMBERED AMONG THE NATIONS, Moab thus sharing the fate of her sister state toward the north.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord. Cf Isaiah 16:6; Jeremiah 48. While the Moabites are indeed still mentioned after the exile, they were no longer of importance as a nation and soon disappeared entirely from historical accounts, the word of the Lord thus... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord God, Because that Edom, whose people were direct descendants of Jacob's brother Esau, HATH DEALT AGAINST THE HOUSE OF JUDAH BY TAKING VENGEANCE, or, "by exercising vindictive revenge," AND HATH GREATLY OFFENDED, heaping guilt upon itself, AND REVENGED HIMSELF UPON THEM, still sma... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST IDUMEA AND PHILISTIA... [ Continue Reading ]
therefore thus saith the Lord God, I will also stretch out Mine hand upon Edom, in a stern and comprehensive punishment, AND WILL CUT OFF MAN AND BEAST FROM IT, in a general destruction; AND I WILL MAKE IT DESOLATE FROM TEMAN, the southernmost part of the country; AND THEY OF DEDAN, of the northern... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will lay My vengeance upon Edom by the hand of My people Israel, not only in a physical subjection brought about at the time of the Maccabees, but also in the more complete conquest in the Messianic times, when at least some of the inhabitants of this country bowed down before the true God; AN... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord God, Because the Philistines, Judah's neighbors to the southwest, along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, HAVE DEALT BY REVENGE, in vindictive malice, AND HAVE TAKEN VENGEANCE WITH A DESPITEFUL HEART, in a perpetual war of spite, TO DESTROY IT FOR THE OLD HATRED, on account of... [ Continue Reading ]
therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will stretch out Mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, another name for the Philistines on account of their Cretan descent, AND DESTROY THE REMNANT OF THE SEACOAST. Cf Amos 1:8; Isaiah 14:30; Jeremiah 47:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes, or, "in punishments of fury"; AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD WHEN I SHALL LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON THEM, forcing them to concede the unlimited range of His power, so that they would have to confess, even though most unwillingly,... [ Continue Reading ]