King James Version
Ezekiel 25:8 in the King James Version says “Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;”
Ezekiel 25:8 · KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel; hands: Heb. hand feet: Heb. foot heart: Heb. soul
Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. a spoil: or, meat
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, side: Heb. shoulder of Moab
Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites , and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. with: or, against the children of Ammon
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properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“Because”
H3282properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
“and Seir”
H8165seir, a mountain of idumaea and its indigenous occupants, also one in palestine
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“is like unto all the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“Behold the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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