EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

PROPHET - DATEJONAH (825-785BC)?JOEL (800BC)?HOSEA (785-725BC)?MICAH (785-710BC)?AMOS (784BC)?ISAIAH (701-681BC)?NAHUM (700BC)?ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?DANIEL (606-534BC)?HABAKKUK (598BC)?EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?OBADIAH (588-562BC)?EZRA (536-456BC)?HAGGAI (532-512BC)?ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?ESTHER (485-465BC)?NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?CYRUS (559-529BC)?BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

BECAUSE THEIR HATRED TOWARD ISRAEL:

JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE AMMONITES V. 1-7

JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE MOABITES V. 8-11

JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE EDOMITES V. 12-14

JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE PHILISTINES V. 15-17

THESE PROPHECIES WERE FULFILLED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR ABOUT 5 YEARS AFTER JERUSALEM WAS DESTROYED.

READ: EZEKIEL 25:1-2PROCLAMATION AGAINST AMMON

1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 "Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:1-2PROCLAMATION AGAINST AMMON

1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?set your face against the Ammonites,

and prophesy against them

WHO WERE THE AMMONITES?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:2PROCLAMATION AGAINST AMMON


WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?‘set your face against the Ammonites,

and prophesy against them’

WHO WERE THE AMMONITES?READ: GENESIS 19:36-38

36 Both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day. NKJV





WHY?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 23:44 Because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. NKJV




WHAT DID DAVID SEND JOAB TO DO?WHY?

READ: 2 SAMUEL 11:11 It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?READ: JEREMIAH 49:2

2 Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war In Rabbah of the Ammonites; It shall be a desolate mound, And her villages shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance," says the LORD. NKJV

WHAT WAS THE CITY OF RABBAH?RABBATH - CAPTIAL CITY OF THE AMMONITES


READ: EZEKIEL 21:19-2019 Son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to go; both of them shall go from the same land. Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city. 20 Appoint a road for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?‘Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city’

WHO IS COMING? ‘king of Babylon’WHERE IS HE GOING?

‘to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Judah, into fortified Jerusalem’




READ: EZEKIEL 21:2828 Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter, For consuming, for flashing —

WHAT SHOULD EZEKIEL SAY TO THE AMMONITES?'A sword, a sword is drawn, Polished for slaughter,

For consuming, for flashing’WHY?


3 Say to the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you said, 'Aha!' against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity,

4 indeed, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.


3 Say to the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you said, 'Aha!' against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity, 4 Indeed, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.

WHAT DID THE AMMONITES DO?WHO WILL THE LORD DELIVER THEM TO?

‘to the men of the East’WHO ARE THESE MEN OF THE EAST?

WHAT WILL THE MEN OF THE EAST DO?


3 Say to the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you said, 'Aha!' against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity,

WHAT DID THE AMMONITES DO?THEY SPOKE OUT SAYING: 'Aha’

against My sanctuary when it was profaned,

against the land of Israel when it was desolate,

against the house of Judah when they went into captivity,

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:44 Indeed, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.

WHO WILL THE LORD DELIVER THEM TO?‘the men of the East’

READ: GENESIS 25:5-65 And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. 6 But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east. NKJV

WHO WERE THE MEN OF THE EAST?‘the sons of the concubines which Abraham’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:4WHO WILL THE LORD DELIVER THEM TO?

‘the men of the East’


WHO CAME UP AGAINST ISRAEL?

READ: JUDGES 6:33 So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them. NKJV




WHO CAME UP AGAINST GIDEON?

READ: JUDGES 6:3333 All the Midianites and Amalekites, the people of the East, gathered together; and they crossed over and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel. NKJV




WHAT DID ISRAEL DO TO THEM?READ: NUMBERS 31:9-10

9 The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts. NKJV


5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."

6 'For thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,

7 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."


5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the LORD." 6 'For thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel, 7 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."

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO RABBATH & AMMON?RABBATH - CAPTIAL CITY OF THE AMMONITES


5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO RABBATH & AMMON?

‘I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks’


5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the LORD." 6 'For thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO RABBATH & AMMON?WHY?

‘Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain

for the land of Israel’




REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD SAID TO ISRAEL?READ: DEUTERONOMY 8:19-20

19 If you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. 20 As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish , because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God. NKJV




READ: EZEKIEL 21:3131 I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And deliver you into the hands of brutal men who are skillful to destroy.




READ: AMOS 1:13-1413 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead, That they might enlarge their territory. 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, And it shall devour its palaces, Amid shouting in the day of battle, And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 25:8-9PROCLAMATION AGAINST MOAB

8 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because Moab and Seir say, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,'

9 therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:8-9PROCLAMATION AGAINST MOAB

8 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because Moab and Seir say, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,' 9 therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim.

WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF MOAB?

WHAT DID THEY SAY?'Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations'

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:8PROCLAMATION AGAINST MOAB

8 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because Moab and Seir say, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,'

WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF MOABITES?

READ: GENESIS 19:36-3836 Both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:9PROCLAMATION AGAINST MOAB

9 therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim.

WHY DID THE LORD PUNISH THE MOABITES?READ: DEUTERONOMY 23:4

4 Because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO BALAAM?READ: JOSHUA 13:21

21 The children of Israel killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, among those who were killed by them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:99 therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CITIES OF MOAB?READ: NUMBERS 21:28-29

28 For fire went out from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon; It consumed Ar of Moab, The lords of the heights of the Arnon.

READ: NUMBERS 32:37-3837 The children of Reuben built Heshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim,

38 Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being changed) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 25:10-11PROCLAMATION AGAINST MOAB

10 To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.

11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the LORD."

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:10-11PROCLAMATION AGAINST MOAB

10 To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. 11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the LORD."

WHAT WILL GOD GIVE TO THE MEN OF THE EAST?‘To the men of the East I will give it as a possession,

together with the Ammonites’

WHY?‘Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:1111 And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the LORD."

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO MOAB?READ: ISAIAH 15:8-9

8 The cry has gone all around the borders of Moab,Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to Beer Elim. 9 The waters of Dimon will be full of blood; Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of the land.


WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO MOAB?READ: ISAIAH 15:1

1 In the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and destroyed; And in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste and destroyed, NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 16:77 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab; Everyone shall wail. For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn; Surely they are stricken. NKJV


WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO MOAB?READ: JEREMIAH 48:1-3

1 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:"Woe to Nebo! For it is plundered, Kirjathaim is shamed and taken; The high stronghold is shamed and dismayed 2 No more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: 'Come, and let us cut her off as a nation.‘ You also shall be cut down, O Madmen! The sword shall pursue you; 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim: 'Plundering and great destruction!' NKJV


WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO MOAB? WHY?

WHAT DID THE KING OF MOAB DO?READ: AMOS 2:1-3

1 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment,Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound. 3 And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,“ Says the LORD. NKJV


WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO MOAB? WHY?

WHAT DID THE KING OF MOAB DO?READ: 2 KINGS 3:26-27

26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall; and there was great indignation against Israel. So they departed from him and returned to their own land. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:10-11

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO MOAB & AMMON?

READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:8-98 "I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the insults of the people of Ammon, With which they have reproached My people, And made arrogant threats against their borders. 9 Therefore, as I live,“ Says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, And the people of Ammon like Gomorrah — Overrun with weeds and salt-pits, And a perpetual desolation. The residue of My people shall plunder them, And the remnant of My people shall possess them." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 25:12-13PROCLAMATION AGAINST EDOM

12 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them," 13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:12-13PROCLAMATION AGAINST EDOM

12 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them," 13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword.

WHO WAS EDOM?

WHY PROCLAIM JUDGMENT ON EDOM?WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EDOM?

WHAT WERE THE CITIES OF TEMAN & DEDAN?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:12PROCLAMATION AGAINST EDOM

12 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,"

WHO WAS EDOM?

EDOM - (Idumea = red) - Esau's surname

HOW DID ESAU GET HIS NAME EDOM?READ: GENESIS 25:29-30

29 Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. 30 Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary." Therefore his name was called Edom. NKJV


12 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,"

WHY PROCLAIM JUDGMENT ON EDOM?

READ: JUDGES 11:1717 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please let me pass through your land." But the king of Edom would not heed. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained in Kadesh. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:12WHAT DID EDOM DO?

READ: NUMBERS 20:14-2114 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. "Thus says your brother Israel: 'You know all the hardship that has befallen us, 15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers. 16 When we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent the Angel and brought us up out of Egypt; now here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.17 Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King's Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.'"

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:12WHAT DID EDOM DO?

READ: NUMBERS 20:14-2118 Then Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword." 19 So the children of Israel said to him, "We will go by the Highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it; let me only pass through on foot, nothing more." 20 Then he said, "You shall not pass through." So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong hand. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:12WHAT LANDS DID JUDAH POSSESS?

READ: JOSHUA 15:1, 5, 121 This was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families: The border of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary.

5 The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

12 The west border was the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families. NKJV


13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword.

WHO WAS TEMAN? ESAU’S GRANDSON?

READ: GENESIS 36:8-118 Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom. 9 And this is the genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir. 10 These were the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:1313 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword.

WHO WAS DEDAN? ABRAHAM’S GRANDSON?

READ: GENESIS 25:1-41 Abraham took a wife and her name was Keturah.2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:13WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO TEMAN & DEDAN?

READ: JEREMIAH 49:7-117 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him,The time that I will punish him. 9 If grape-gatherers came to you, Would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves by night, Would they not destroy until they have enough? 10 But I have made Esau bare; I have uncovered his secret places, And he shall not be able to hide himself.His descendants are plundered, His brethren and his neighbors, And he is no more. 11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; And let your widows trust in Me." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 25:14PROCLAMATION AGAINST EDOM

14 I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord GOD.



WHY WILL THE LORD TAKE VENGEANCE ON EDOM?

WHO WERE THE EDOMITES?



WHO WERE THE EDOMITES?

WHY WAS ESAU ANGRY WITH JACOB?

READ: GENESIS 27:3636 Esau said: Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright and now look, he has taken away my blessing!"

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:14WHY PROCLAIM JUDGMENT ON EDOM?

WHAT NATIONS DID SAUL FIGHT AGAINST?READ: 1 SAMUEL 14:47

47 Saul established his sovereignty over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the people of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he harassed them. NKJV

WHAT DID DAVID DO? WHY?READ: 2 SAMUEL 8:14

14 He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went. NKJV


WHAT DID JORAM DO? WHY?

READ: 2 KINGS 8:20-2220 In his days Edom revolted against Judah's authority, and made a king over themselves. 21 So Joram went to Zair, and all his chariots with him. Then he rose by night and attacked the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; and the troops fled to their tents. 22 Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah's authority to this day. And Libnah revolted at that time.


WHAT DID AMAZIAH DO?READ: 2 KINGS 14:7

7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day. NKJV

WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO? WHY?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 28:16-17

16 King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For the Edomites had come, attacked Judah, and carried away captives. NKJV


WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?READ: PSALMS 137:7

7 Remember, O LORD, against the sons of EdomThe day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation!" NKJV

WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY?READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:22

22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished,O daughter of Zion; He will no longer send you into captivity. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins! NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:1414 I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord GOD.

WHY WILL THE LORD TAKE VENGEANCE ON EDOM?READ: AMOS 1:11

11 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment,Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity; His anger tore perpetually, And he kept his wrath forever. NKJV

READ: OBADIAH 1:11 Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom:We have heard a report from the LORD, A messenger has been sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, let us rise up against her for battle" NKJV



WHY WILL THE LORD TAKE VENGEANCE ON EDOM?

READ: OBADIAH 1:10-1410 For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, And you shall be cut off forever. 11 In the day that you stood on the other side — In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,When foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem — Even you were as one of them.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:14WHY WILL THE LORD TAKE VENGEANCE ON EDOM?

READ: OBADIAH 1:10-1412 You should not have gazed on the day of your brother In the day of his captivity; Nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah In the day of their destruction; Nor should you have spoken proudly In the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of My people In the day of their calamity. Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction In the day of their calamity,Nor laid hands on their substance In the day of their calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the crossroads To cut off those among them who escaped; Nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained In the day of distress. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO EDOM?

READ: ISAIAH 34:66 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ESAU? WHY?

READ: MALACHI 1:2-32 "I have loved you," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?‘ Was not Esau Jacob's brother?“ Says the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved; 3 But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 25:15-16PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHILISTIA

15 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred,"

16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD:"I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:15-16PROCLAMATION AGAINST PHILISTIA

15 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred," 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

WHO WERE THE PHILISTINES?

WHY TAKE VENGEANCE ON THE PHILISTINES?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE PHILISTINES?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE CHERETHITES?

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:15-1615 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred,"

WHO WERE THE PHILISTINES?

READ: GENESIS 10:6-146 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 13 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim). NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:1515 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred,"


WHERE DID ISAAC GO FOR HELP? WHY?

READ: GENESIS 26:11 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOSHUA?WHO WERE THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES?

READ: JOSHUA 13:1-31 Now Joshua was old, advanced in years. And the LORD said to him: "You are old, advanced in years, and there remains very much land yet to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all that of the Geshurites, 3 from Sihor, which is east of Egypt, as far as the border of Ekron northward (which is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines — the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites; NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:15WHO DID SAMSON WANT FOR A WIFE?

WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN?READ: JUDGES 14:1-4

1 Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 He went up and told his father and mother, saying, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife." 3 Then his father and mother said to him, "Is there no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?“ And Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she pleases me well." 4 But his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD — that He was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. NKJV



WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARK OF THE LORD?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 4:10-1110 The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 Also the ark of God was captured; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:15WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARK OF THE LORD?

WHAT HAPPENED TO DAGON?READ: 1 SAMUEL 5:1-4

1 The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again. 4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon's torso was left of it. NKJV



WHAT DID HEZEKIAH DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 18:7-87 The LORD was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. 8 He subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:15WHY TAKE VENGEANCE ON THE PHILISTINES?

WHAT DID UZZIAH DO?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 26:6-96 He went out and made war against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities around Ashdod and among the Philistines. 7 God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and against the Meunites. 9 And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the corner buttress of the wall; then he fortified them. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 28:18-1918 The Philistines had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Sochoh with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they dwelt there. 19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had encouraged moral decline in Judah and had been continually unfaithful to the LORD.


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHILSTIA?

READ: ISAIAH 14:29-3129 "Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For out of the serpent's roots will come forth a viper, And its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent. 30 The firstborn of the poor will feed, And the needy will lie down in safety; I will kill your roots with famine,And it will slay your remnant. 31 Wail, O gate! Cry, O city! All you of Philistia are dissolved; For smoke will come from the north, And no one will be alone in his appointed times." NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:1616 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE PHILISTINES?

READ: JEREMIAH 47:4-54 Because of the day that comes to plunder all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; For the LORD shall plunder the Philistines,The remnant of the country of Caphtor. 5 Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is cut off With the remnant of their valley. How long will you cut yourself? NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:1616 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

WHO WERE THE CHERETHITES?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE CHERETHITES?

READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:55 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you,O Canaan, land of the Philistines: "I will destroy you;So there shall be no inhabitant." NKJV

REVIEW: EZEKIEL 25:1616 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE CHERETHITES?

WHO WERE THE CHERETHITES?

CHERETHITES - migrated from Crete & settled in Philistia on the southern border of Judah.

Some of the Cherethites became part of David's personal army along with the Pelethites.

REVIEW: EZEKIEL 25:1616 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

WHO WERE THE CHERETHITES?

WHO MADE UP DAVID’S ADMINISTRATION?2 SAMUEL 8:16-18

15 David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people. 16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 17 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the scribe; 18 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers. NKJV (1 CHRONICLES 18:14-17)

REVIEW: EZEKIEL 25:16WHO WERE THE CHERETHITES?

WHO WERE DAVID’S SERVANTS?READ: 2 SAMUEL 15:14-18

14 So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword." 15 And the king's servants said to the king, "We are your servants, ready to do whatever my lord the king commands." 17 And the king went out with all the people after him, and stopped at the outskirts. 18 Then all his servants passed before him; and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath, passed before the king. NKJV


WHO DID DAVID SEND AFTER SHEBA? WHY?READ: 2 SAMUEL 20:2-7

2 Every man of Israel deserted David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, remained loyal to their king. 4 David said to Amasa, "Assemble the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself." 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah. But he delayed longer than the set time which David had appointed him. 6 David said to Abishai, "Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and escape us." 7 So Joab's men, with the Cherethites, Pelethites, and all the mighty men, went out after him. And they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.


WHAT DID JONATHAN SAY TO ADONIJAH?WHO DID DAVID SEND TO ANOINT SOLOMON AS KING?

READ: 1 KINGS 1:43-4643 …. Our lord King David has made Solomon king. 44 The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king's mule. 45 So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard. 46 Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:1717 I will execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them."'" NKJV

WHAT WILL THEY KNOW?‘they shall know that I am the LORD’

WHEN?‘when I lay My vengeance upon them’

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:17WHAT WILL THEY KNOW? WHEN?

‘they shall know that I am the LORD’‘when I lay My vengeance upon them’

WHAT DID MOSES SAY:

(PART OF THE SONG OF DELIVERANCE)

READ: EXODUS 15:14-1514 The people will hear and be afraid; Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, Trembling will take hold of them;All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away. NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:17WHO JOINED FORCES AGAINST ISRAEL?

WHY?READ: PSALMS 83:4-12

4 They said: "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more." 5 They have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You: 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; 7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot.12 Who said, "Let us take for ourselves The pastures of God for a possession." NKJV



WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST JUDAH?

WHY?READ: 2 KINGS 24:2

2 The LORD sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servants the prophets.



HOW WERE AMMON & MOAB DESTROYED?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 20:22-2422 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. 23 For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. 24 So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped. NKJV



WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? WHY?READ: JEREMIAH 9:25-26

25 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised — 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart."



WHO DEFEATED THE ARMY OF EGYPT?READ: JEREMIAH 46:2

2 Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: NKJV

QUESTIONS: EZEKIEL 25:17WHAT MESSAGE DID GOD SEND TO THE NATIONS?

READ: JEREMIAH 27:3-63 Send to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 And command them to say to their masters: "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel — thus you shall say to your masters: 5 'I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me. 6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him.



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING BABYLON?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:6464 Then you shall say, 'Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.‘ NKJV



WHAT KINGDOMS WILL THE LORD JUDGE? WHEN?READ: JEREMIAH 25:18-26

18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people; 20 all the mixed multitude, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod); 21 Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon;



WHAT KINGDOMS WILL THE LORD JUDGE? WHEN?READ: JEREMIAH 25:18-26

22 all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea; 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners; 24 all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed multitude who dwell in the desert; 25 all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes; 26 all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth.



WHAT DID PETER SAY ABOUT THE FINAL JUDGMENT?

WHERE WILL THIS JUDGMENT BEGIN?

HOW WILL THEY BE JUDGED?READ: 1 PETER 4:17-18

17 The time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 Now "If the righteous one is scarcely saved, Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?" NKJV

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