Ezekiel 25:9

"“‘The Lord GOD says: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’"

Key Reflection

In Ezekiel 25:9, God responds to the insults directed at His people, highlighting the spiritual pride and self-righteousness of those who judge Israel. This passage foreshadows the need for true repentance and recognition of God's unique covenant with His chosen people, as the judgment on Moab and Seir is a reminder that superficial judgments can lead to divine retribution.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I will open the side ... -i. e., lay it open to the attack of the enemy from the cities, from his cities, from his frontier (or, in every quarter). There is an ironical stress on “his” cities, because these cities belonged not to Moab but to Israel, having been assigned to the ReubenitesNumbers 32:38;Joshua 13:20. They lay to the north of the river Arnon, which was the proper boundary of MoabNumbers 21:13. The Moabites had in the last days of the kingdom of Israel recovered this territoryIsaiah 16:1-14. They still occupied this land in the time of Ezekiel (seeJeremiah 48:0).

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