Ezekiel 25:17

Ezekiel 25:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.” ’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will execute terrible vengeance against them to punish them for what they have done. And when I have inflicted my revenge, they will know that I am the Lord.”

Context of Ezekiel 25:17

15“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah, 16therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will wipe out the Kerethites and destroy those remaining along the coast. I will carry out great vengeance on them and punish them in my wrath. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I take vengeance on them.’ ”

Ezekiel 25:17 word by word

וְעָשִׂ֤יתִי בָם֙ נְקָמ֣וֹת גְּדֹל֔וֹת בְּתוֹכְח֖וֹת חֵמָ֑ה וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה בְּתִתִּ֥י אֶת־נִקְמָתִ֖י בָּֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will executeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• vengeanceנְקָמָהneqâmâh · vengeanceH5360
• upon them with furiousחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• rebukesתּוֹכַ֫חַתtôkêchâh tôkachath · argumentH8433
• and they shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• when I shall layנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414

Cross-references for Ezekiel 25:17

• Ezekiel 25:11and I will inflict punishment on Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
• Ezekiel 5:15You will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke. I the Lord have spoken.
• Ezekiel 25:5I will turn Rabbah into a pasture for camels and Ammon into a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 6:7Your people will fall slain among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
• Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 25:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-17Verses 15-17 The Philistines occupying lands to the south of Judah were a Hamite race Genesis 10:14, but of a different branch from the Canaanites. They were a powerful people never dispossessed by the Israelites Joshua 13:3. They were a thorn in the side of the chosen people throughout, and joined in attacking Jerusalem in the day of her trouble. They were much reduced by the Assyrians Isaiah 14:31, and Egyptians Jeremiah 47:1-7, before the time of this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 Though one event seem to the righteous and wicked, it is vastly different. Those who glory in any other defence and protection than the Divine power, providence, and promise, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their glorying. Those who will not leave it to God to take vengeance for them, may expect that he will take vengeance on them. The equity of the Lord's judgments is to be observed, when he not only avenges injuries upon those that did…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17The Philistines had a long-standing dislike for Judah. Their specific wrongdoings are not mentioned, but the Lord noticed them and would seek revenge. They would then understand the Lord's supreme power. The Kerethites were a Philistine tribe (see 1 Samuel 30:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. know ... vengeance--They shall know Me, not in mercy, but by My vengeance on them (Psa 9:16).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 25:17

• Anger
• Malice
• Philistines
• Revenge

In the dictionaries

• Despite
• Philistines
• Prophecy
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Revenge; Revenger

Commentaries on Ezekiel 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings