--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . Son of man . See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . Ammonites, See Ezekiel 21:28 . Ammon was a party to the plot against Gedali" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ezekiel/25" --- **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 . **Son of man** . See note on [Ezekiel 2:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/1) . **Ammonites,** See [Ezekiel 21:28](../../../kjv/ezekiel/21/28) . Ammon was a party to the plot against Gedaliah, the governor whom Nebuchadnezzar appointed after the destruction of Jerusalem, See [Jeremiah 40:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/40/14) ; [Jeremiah 41:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/10) , [Jeremiah 41:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/15) . **the Lord God** . Hebrew. *Adonai Jehovah* . See note on [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) . **the land of Israel** = the soil of Israel. Hebrew ' *admath* . See note on [Ezekiel 11:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/17) . **Behold.** Fig, *Asterismos* . App-6 . **I will deliver.** Josephus (Antiquities x. 9, 7) tells us that Nebuchadnezzar subdued the Ammonites and Moabites in the fifth year after the destruction of Jerusalem. Compare [Jeremiah 49:23](../../../kjv/jeremiah/49/23) . **the man of the east:** i.e. the Babylonians. See [Ezekiel 21:19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/21/19) , [Ezekiel 21:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/21/20) . [Jeremiah 25:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/25/21) . **men = s** ons. **palaces.** Hebrew rows: i.e. of tents encampments. **Rabbah** . See [Deuteronomy 3:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/11) . **ye shall know** , &c. See note on [Ezekiel 6:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/7) . **heart** . Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **upon.** A special various reading called *Sevir* ( App-34 ) reads "against". **heathen** = nations. **people** = peoples. thou shalt know, &c. So in [Ezekiel 16:22](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/22) [Ezekiel 22:16](../../../kjv/ezekiel/22/16) ; [Ezekiel 25:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/25/7) ; [Ezekiel 35:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/35/4) . **Moab.** Descended from Lot, like the Ammonites ([Genesis 19:37](../../../kjv/genesis/19/37) ). Usually hostile to Israel. **Beth = jeshimoth.** Now *'Ain Surveirneh,* near the north-east corner of the Dead Sea ([Numbers 33:49](../../../kjv/numbers/33/49) . [Joshua 12:3](../../../kjv/joshua/12/3) ; [Joshua 13:20](../../../kjv/joshua/13/20) ). **Baal = meon.** Now *Tell M'ain* ([Numbers 32:38](../../../kjv/numbers/32/38) . [1 Chronicles 5:8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/5/8) . of, two miles south of Heshbon. Kiriathaim. Now el Hdreiyat, between Dibon and Medeba ([Jeremiah 48:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/1) , [Jeremiah 48:23](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/23) ). **they shall know** , &c. See note on [Ezekiel 6:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/10) **Edom.** Descended from Esau ([Genesis 36:1](../../../kjv/genesis/36/1) , [Genesis 36:43](../../../kjv/genesis/36/43) ). For their unbrotherly spirit, see [Psalms 137:7](../../../kjv/psalms/137/7) . [Lamentations 4:21](../../../kjv/lamentations/4/21) , [Lamentations 4:22](../../../kjv/lamentations/4/22) ; and [Obadiah 1:10-16](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/10-16) , **man.** Hebrew. *'adam* . App-14 . **Taman.** A grandson of Esau ([Genesis 36:11](../../../kjv/genesis/36/11) ). A town or city in Edom, not yet identified. **by the hand** , &c. See [Numbers 24:17-19](../../../kjv/numbers/24/17-19) . **saith the Lord God** = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. **the Philistines** . Compare [Psalms 60:8](../../../kjv/psalms/60/8) , [Psalms 60:9](../../../kjv/psalms/60/9) ; [Psalms 108:9](../../../kjv/psalms/108/9) , [Psalms 108:10](../../../kjv/psalms/108/10) . [Isaiah 11:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/14) . **cut off the Cherethims** . Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Hebrew. *lrikralti larethim* ; in English, I will cut off the cutters off. **Cherethims** . A tribe of the Philistines ([1 Samuel 30:14](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/14) .[Zephaniah 2:5](../../../kjv/zephaniah/2/5); [Zephaniah 2:5](../../../kjv/zephaniah/2/5) ). David's body-guard, drawn partly from them. **vengeance.** Hebrew, plural = great vengeance. **they shall know,** &c. 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