Bible Strands
Ezekiel 25:11
So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks directly against the nation of Moab within a sequential series of judgments against neighboring peoples. This declaration follows the oracle concerning Ammon and immediately precedes the pronouncement against Edom.
The words — The Hebrew אֶעֱשֶׂה שְׁפָטִים ('e.'e.Seh she.fa.Tim) literally renders "I will bring about judgments." The phrase וְ/יָדְע֖וּ (ve./ya.de.'U) translates to "and they will know."
The thread — This sequence of judgment revealing divine identity appears in Psalms 9:16 and Psalms 149:7. Jeremiah 9:25 similarly ties the execution of punishment to the recognition of Yahweh’s authority.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that Yahweh’s judicial actions are the means by which His sovereign identity is established. It demands a clear-eyed recognition that divine judgment functions to make God known.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Cross-references
- Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Psalms 149:7 to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
- Jeremiah 9:25 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—
- Jeremiah 25:21 Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
- Jeremiah 48:1 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
- Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 5:10 As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
- Ezekiel 5:15 So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- Ezekiel 11:9 I will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I will execute judgments against you.
- Ezekiel 16:41 Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.