Ezekiel 25
Open in the reader1Then the word of He-Who-Is came to me, saying,
2“Son of man, set your face against the children of Kindred and prophesy against them.
3Tell the children of Kindred to hear the word of the Lord He-Who-Is, for this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Strives-with-God was laid waste, and when the house of Praised went into exile,
4therefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
5I will make Great a pasture for camels, and Kindred a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am He-Who-Is.’
6For this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Strives-with-God with a heart full of contempt,
7therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am He-Who-Is.’
8This is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: ‘Because From-the-Father and Hairy said, “Look, the house of Praised is like all the other nations,”
9therefore I will indeed expose the flank of From-the-Father beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-of-Habitation, and Two-Cities—the glory of the land.
10I will give it along with the children of Kindred as a possession to the people of the East, so that the children of Kindred will no longer be remembered among the nations.
11So I will execute judgments on From-the-Father, and they will know that I am He-Who-Is.’
12This is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: ‘Because Red acted vengefully against the house of Praised, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
13therefore this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: I will stretch out My hand against Red and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from South to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
14I will take My vengeance on Red by the hand of My people Strives-with-God, and they will deal with Red according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord He-Who-Is.’
15This is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Praised with ancient hostility,
16therefore this is what the Lord He-Who-Is says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Executioners and destroy the remnant along the coast.
17I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am He-Who-Is, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”