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Commentaries on Ezekiel 25:9

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Ezekiel 25 In this chapter the prophet foretells the judgments of God upon the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Philistines, for their ill usage of the Jews; on the Ammonites, Ezekiel 25:1, on the Moabites, Ezekiel 25:8, on the Edomites, Ezekiel 25:12, on the Philistines, Ezekiel 25:15.

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities,.... Or, "the shoulder of Moab" (t); that part of their country where their greatest strength lay, So the Targum renders it, "the strength of Moab;'' where their principal cities were, their frontier towns, and fortified places, as appears by what follows: from his cities which are on his frontiers; or, "from his Ars" (u), from his...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Judgment began at the house of God, and therefore with them the prophets began, who were the judges; but it must not end there, and therefore they must not. Ezekiel had finished his testimony which related to the destruction of Jerusalem. As to that he was ordered to say no more, but stand upon his watch-tower and wait the issue; and yet he must not be silent; there are divers nations bordering...