I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”
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I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”
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And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 25:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 21:20 You shall appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
- 2 Samuel 12:26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
- Isaiah 17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
- Deuteronomy 3:11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its width, after the cubit of a man.)
- Psalms 83:18 that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
- Isaiah 32:14 For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks,
- Isaiah 37:20 Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.”
- Ezekiel 24:24 Thus Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according to all that he has done, you will do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.’ ” ’ ”
- Ezekiel 25:8 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations;’
- Ezekiel 26:6 Her daughters who are in the field will be slain with the sword. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’
- Ezekiel 30:8 They will know that I am Yahweh when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
- Ezekiel 35:9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 38:23 I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.” ’
- Zephaniah 2:14-15 Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams. This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Called also Philadelphin, which was the chief city of…
Called also Philadelphin, which was the chief city of the Ammonites, and full of conduits, 2 Sam. 12:27.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable…
Eze 25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Ver. 5. And I will make Rabbah.] The metropolis of the Ammonites. It signifieth that great city; and was afterwards rebuilt by Ptolemy Philadelph, and called Philadelphia.
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“ Valet ima summis
Mutare, et insignem attenuat Deus
Obseura premens, ”& c.
- Hor., lib. i. Od. 34.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Rabbah; the royal city, and seat of the kings…
Rabbah; the royal city, and seat of the kings of Ammon, called since Philadelphia, from Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, king of Egypt, who built it.
A stable; turn it from a royal palace to be a receptacle of camels, and their drivers.
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Camels; wherewith not the Chaldeans and Bactrians, but the Arabians also, were well stored; all the men of the East, as appears in Job, using them for conveying merchandise, and for travels.
The Ammonites; the people, for the land they dwelt in.
Ye shall know; then shall you know I was as able to have defended my own people, house, and worship, as I was able to destroy your gods, your cities, and your people.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I will make Rabbath a stable for camels,....…
And I will make Rabbath a stable for camels,.... Creatures much used by the eastern nations, especially the Arabians; who pitching their tents about Rabbath, the royal city, the metropolis of the children of Ammon, would convert the houses, and even palaces in it, into stables for their camels. This city, in Jerom's time, as he says, was called Philadelphia, from Ptolemy Philadelphus, who rebuilt it.
And the Ammonites a couching place for flocks; that is, the land of the Ammonites should be made a place for flocks of sheep to lie down in, which the Arabians would bring and feed upon it:
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and ye shall know that I am the Lord; omniscient, and sees and observes all your insults upon the children of Israel and Judah; and omnipotent, able to perform all that is threatened; and immutable, bringing about all that is here prophesied of.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Rabbah - The royal city, called since Philadelphia from…
Rabbah - The royal city, called since Philadelphia from the king of Egypt who built it. The Ammonites - The land they dwelt in.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Rabbath, the capital city of the Ammonites: it was…
Rabbath, the capital city of the Ammonites: it was afterwards called Philadelphia. (Challoner) --- Flocks. These constituted the riches of those Arabians.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Rabbah--meaning "the Great," Ammon's metropolis. Under the Ptolemies it…
Rabbah--meaning "the Great," Ammon's metropolis. Under the Ptolemies it was rebuilt under the name Philadelphia; the ruins are called Amman now, but there is no dwelling inhabited.
Ammonites--that is the Ammonite region is to be a "couching place for flocks," namely of the Arabs. The "camels," being the chief beast of burden of the Chaldeans, are put first, as their invasion was to prepare the Ammonite land for the Arab "flocks." Instead of busy men, there shall be "still and couching flocks."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. Rabbah a stable for camels — Rabbah “the…
5. Rabbah a stable for camels — Rabbah “the great.” “Stable” may be rendered “habitation” or “pasture land.” This doubtless occurred during Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion, and although afterward rebuilt, it never reached its former glory. Remains of houses and temples still mark the site of this once populous city, but not an inhabitant remains. The ruins are now used as a pasture for sheep and camels. Lord Lindsay writes, “The valley stinks with dead camels, one of which was rolling in the stream; and although we saw none among the ruins they were absolutely covered in every direction with their dung.” (For this and many other testimonials see Pulpit Commentary.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. Rabbah a stable] Rabbah, “great city,” was the…
5. Rabbah a stable] Rabbah, “great city,” was the capital (Amo_1:14); in later times it bore the name of Philadelphia, and its site is probably marked by the ruins called Ammân. The word “stable” is usually rendered habitation, but sheepcote, 2Sa_7:8. It may mean a place where animals are housed or where they pasture, cf. Isa_5:17; Isa_32:14; Jer_33:12; Zep_2:14-15.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) Rabbah was the only important town belonging to…
(5) Rabbah was the only important town belonging to the Ammonites. It has become literally a stable for the camels of the wandering Bedouins. In the parallel clause the “Ammonites” are put for the land which they inhabit.
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