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Ezekiel 25:13
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord Yahweh speaks through Ezekiel to pronounce judgment on Edom for acting vengefully against Judah, following the declaration of Edom's guilt in the preceding verse.
The words — The Hebrew לָ/כֵ֗ן (la./Khen) and כֹּ֤ה (koh) establish the causal link "therefore thus," while וְ/נָטִ֤תִי (ve./na.Ti.ti) and יָדִ/י֙ (ya.D/i) literally render "and I will stretch out my hand."
The thread — The judgment motif appears in Ezekiel 29:8 with the same threat to cut off man and beast, while Jeremiah 25:23 and Malachi 1:3 echo the geographical and desolation themes targeting Edom.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that divine judgment on Edom is executed through total desolation and military conquest, leaving no room for the nation's survival or appeal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 25:23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
- Ezekiel 29:8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
- Malachi 1:3 but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- Jeremiah 49:7 Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Genesis 6:7 So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
- Genesis 36:11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
- Isaiah 34:1 Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
- Isaiah 63:1 Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
- Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.