Ezekiel 25:1-17
Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them. Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you said “Aha!” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when they went into exile, therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk. I 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.
For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel.
This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,” therefore I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning at its frontier towns—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon and Kiriathaim—the glory of that land. I will give Moab along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered among the nations; and I will inflict punishment on Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
‘Because Edom took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so, therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and kill both man and beast. I will lay it waste, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
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, therefore 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.
Why?
The countries around Judah, they said "Aha", or clapped their hands and stamped their feet, Judah has become like all the other nations. Edom took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so. and Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts. So the Lord stretched out his hand against them.
The Lord punished Judah to clean them from evil but the Lord still loved his people. But those countries were glad these disasters happened and acted in vengeance.
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以西結事奉第一階段結束，本章開始到32章對四圍國家的預言。
亞捫：巴比倫透過亞捫逼迫猶大。滿心的恨惡向以色列地歡喜： 幸災樂禍，自以為義的心態。別人的不義，認為自己是對的。例如我的敵人遇到災難，我就自以為義。教會中服事熱心的人也容易自以為義，記得我們沒有比別人好。以色列人看外邦人就是如此。
摩押： 自以為是. 認為猶大的神與其他國家的神一樣，眾神之一。以自己的想法看事情。信仰超過我們的理性。我們的神不是眾神最大的，不能做比較的，神是創造者，其他都是被造者！以為最沒有問題的地方先被攻破。
以東人、非利士人趁火打劫，所以神要審判他們。神要巴比倫刑罰猶大，但是做的太超過了，神還是要刑罰他們，追討他們的罪。
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How?
When a man falls, don't be happy for his evil or sins but love them for I am a sinner either.
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