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.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, therefore, I will stretch out mine hand upon thee,.... In just retaliation for clapping their hands against his people; and which hand of the Lord they would find to be a heavy one, and which…
It was a distinct part of scriptural prophecy to address pagan nations. In Isaiah Isa. 13–19, Jeremiah Jer. 46–51, and here Ezek. 25–32, one section is specially devoted to a collection of such…
Adam Clarke
I will cause thee to perish - Except in history, the name of the Ammonites does not now exist.
Here, I. The prophet is ordered to address himself to the Ammonites, in the name of the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel, who is also the God of the whole earth. But what can Chemosh, the god of the…
Cambridge Bible
a spoil to the heathen the nations (the reading bazto be adopted), cf. Eze 26:5; Eze 7:21; Eze 23:46. For people peoples.
know that Iam the Lord The statement is hardly to the effect that the…
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