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Ezekiel had finished his testimony relative to the destruction of Jerusalem, and in the last chapter he was ordered to say no more until he was given further orders. He was to stand upon his watchtower and wait for the judgment. But Ezekiel could not be silent. There were many nations bordering upon Israel which he must prophesy against as Isaiah and Jeremiah had done before. He had to condemn them for the things that they had done against God's people in the day of their affliction. In this chapter we have his prophesy against the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Edomites and the Philistines. The charge was their barbarous conduct toward God's people for which God would deal with them as He had with Israel. This was to be some encouragement to Israel for even though He had dealt severely with them He would still own them and plead their cause.
Because the Ammonites had delighted in the burning of the Sanctuary in Jerusalem and was glad to see the nation of Judah made desolate, they would be delivered to the "men of the east". They shall do to them as they had to Judah and the Ammonites would be cut off and perish.
As for the Moabites, because they said that Judah was as all the pagan nations and were pleased to see them worship pagan gods, The Lord would take away their defenses and they will be demolished by the Chaldeans.
As for Edom, they were worse than the Ammonites or the Moabites for they not only delighted in the destruction of Judah they took advantage of them and pushed their boarders into Judah and plundered their cities. For this they will be laid desolate from north to south they shall feel the wrath of the Chaldeans.
As for the Philistines, they took revenge upon Judah after the destruction by the Chaldeans. Their old hatred for the people of Israel gave them a spiteful heart and they showed no mercy in their plundering. For this they to would suffer the destruction of the Chaldeans.
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