Ezekiel 25 · Verse 13

Ezekiel 25:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Ezekiel 25:13, King James Version

Ezekiel 25:13 in other translations

BSBtherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
WEBtherefore the Lord GOD says, “I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman. They will fall by the sword even to Dedan.
ASVtherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, I will stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
YLTTherefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have stretched out My hand against Edom, And I have cut off from it man and beast, And given it up--a waste, from Teman even to Dedan, By sword they do fall.
DARBYtherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also stretch out my hand upon Edom; and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
BBEThe Lord has said, My hand will be stretched out against Edom, cutting off from it man and beast: and I will make it waste, from Teman even as far as Dedan they will be put to the sword.
WebsterTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

What does Ezekiel 25:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. Teman ... they of Dedan--rather, "I will make it desolate from Teman (in the south) even to Dedan (in the northwest)" [Grotius], (Jr 49:8), that is, the whole country from north to south, stretching from the south of the Dead Sea to the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 I will make it desolate from Teman - Teman and Dedan were both cities of the Moabites, and apparently at each extremity of the land.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 25:8-17

Though one event seem to the righteous and wicked, it is vastly different. Those who glory in any other defence and protection than the Divine power, providence, and promise, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their glorying. Those who will not leave it to God to take vengeance for them, may expect that he will take vengeance on them. The equity of the Lord's judgments is to be observed, when he not only avenges…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 25:8-17 →

Ezekiel 25:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
וְנָטִ֤תִיve.na.Ti.tiand I will stretch outH5186
יָדִי֙ya.Dihand myH3027
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אֱד֔וֹם'e.DomEdomH123
וְהִכְרַתִּ֥יve.hikh.ra.Tiand I will cut offH3772
מִמֶּ֖נָּהmi.Me.nahfrom itH4480
אָדָ֣ם'a.DamhumankindH120
וּבְהֵמָ֑הu.ve.he.Mahand animal[s]H929
וּנְתַתִּ֤יהָu.ne.ta.Ti.haand I will make itH5414
חָרְבָּה֙cha.re.Baha desolationH2723
מִתֵּימָ֔ןmi.tei.Manfrom TemanH8487
וּדְדָ֖נֶהu.de.Da.nehand Dedan towardsH1719
בַּחֶ֥רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719
יִפֹּֽלוּ\׃yi.Po.luthey will fallH5307

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Cross references for Ezekiel 25:13

  • Ezekiel 29:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

  • Jeremiah 25:23

    Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,

  • Malachi 1:3-4

    And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

  • Jeremiah 49:7-8

    Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

  • Habakkuk 3:3

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

  • Amos 1:12

    But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

  • Ezekiel 14:13

    Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

  • Jeremiah 49:20

    Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

  • Ezekiel 14:17

    Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

  • Lamentations 4:21-22

    Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

  • Obadiah 1:9

    And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

  • Genesis 6:7

    And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will also.
7,16; Isa 34:1-17; 63:1-6; La 4:21,22; Mal 1:3,4
and will.
14:8,13,17,19-21; 29:8; Ge 6:7; Jer 7:20
Teman.
Ge 36:11; Jer 49:7,20; Ob 1:9; Hab 3:3
of Dedan shall fall by the sword. or, shall fall by thesword unto Dedan.
Jer 25:23; 49:8

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Context

  • Ezekiel 25:12

    Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

  • Ezekiel 25:13

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

  • Ezekiel 25:14

    And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 25:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Yo también extenderé mi mano sobre Edom, y talaré de ella hombres y bestias, y la asolaré: desde Temán y Dedán caerán á cuchillo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
à cause de cela, ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: J’étendrai ma main aussi sur Édom, et j’en retrancherai hommes et bêtes, et j’en ferai un désert depuis Théman, et, jusqu’à Dedan, ils tomberont par l’épée;
German
Elberfelder 1871
darum, so spricht der Herr, Jehova, werde ich meine Hand wider Edom ausstrecken und Menschen und Vieh aus ihm ausrotten; und ich werde es von Teman an zur Einöde machen, und bis nach Dedan hin werden sie durchs Schwert fallen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
idcirco hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Extendam manum meam super Idumæam, et auferam de ea hominem et jumentum, et faciam eam desertam ab austro: et qui sunt in Dedan, gladio cadent.