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‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,’
Ezekiel 25:8 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations;
  • KJV Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
  • BSB This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
  • NASB ‘The Lord God says this: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’
  • NLT “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the people of Moab have said that Judah is just like all the other nations,

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Quick answer

Moab and Seir are condemned for dismissing Judah as no different from any other nation. Denying the unique calling of God's people is itself an offense.

Overview

Moab (also descended from Lot) and Seir (Edom) sinned by saying 'the house of Judah is like all the nations,' treating God's covenant people as ordinary and thus denying God's special relationship with them. This scornful leveling reflects contempt for God's purposes. It invites the judgment that follows, affirming that Judah's distinct calling matters to God.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • Jer 25:21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
  • Jer 48:1–47Of Moab. Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
  • Isa 15:1–9The burden of Moab: for in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.
  • Ezek 35:1–15Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
  • Obad 1:1–9The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Arise, and let’s rise up against her in battle.
  • Isa 34:1–17Come near, you nations, to hear! Listen, you peoples. Let the earth and all it contains hear; the world, and everything that comes from it.
  • Zeph 2:8–11I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
  • Jer 49:7–22Of Edom. Yahweh of Armies says: “Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
  • Isa 10:9–11Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?”
  • Ps 83:4–8“Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
  • Num 24:17I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
  • Isa 36:18–20Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “Yahweh will deliver us.” Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?
  • Amos 2:1–3Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
  • Jer 27:3Then send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
  • Amos 2:11–12I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.
  • Isa 25:10For in this mountain Yahweh’s hand will rest. Moab will be trodden down in his place, even like straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
  • Ezek 25:12–14Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged himself on them;
  • Isa 63:1–6Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
  • Deut 2:5Don’t contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

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