Ezekiel 25 · Verse 17

Ezekiel 25:17

And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
Ezekiel 25:17, King James Version

Ezekiel 25:17 in other translations

BSBI will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”
WEBI will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance on them.”’”
ASVAnd I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
YLTAnd done upon them great vengeance with furious reproofs, And they have known that I am Jehovah, In My giving out My vengeance on them!
DARBYAnd I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
BBEAnd I will take great payment from them with acts of wrath; and they will be certain that I am the Lord when I send my punishment on them.
WebsterAnd I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

What does Ezekiel 25:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. know ... vengeance--They shall know Me, not in mercy, but by My vengeance on them (Psa 9:16).

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

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Ezekiel 25:17 in the original Hebrew

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וְעָשִׂ֤יתִיve.'a.Si.tiand I will doH6213
בָם֙vamon them
נְקָמ֣וֹתne.ka.Motvengeance<s>H5360
גְּדֹל֔וֹתge.do.LotgreatH1419
בְּתוֹכְח֖וֹתbe.tokh.Chotwith rebukes ofH8433
חֵמָ֑הche.MahrageH2534
וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ve.ya.de.'Uand they will knowH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֔הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
בְּתִתִּ֥יbe.ti.Tiwhen have put IH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נִקְמָתִ֖יnik.ma.Tivengeance myH5360
בָּֽם\׃\ \סBamon them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 25:17

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 25:11

    And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 5:15

    So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.

  • Psalms 9:16

    The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  • Ezekiel 6:7

    And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
11; 5:15
vengeance. Heb. vengeances. they shall.
5,11,14; 6:7; Ps 9:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 25:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

  • Ezekiel 25:17

    And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

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Ezekiel 25:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y haré en ellos grandes venganzas con reprensiones de ira; y sabrán que yo soy Jehová, cuando diere mi venganza en ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et j’exercerai sur eux de grandes vengeances par des châtiments de fureur; et ils sauront que je suis l’ Éternel, quand j’exécuterai sur eux ma vengeance.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde durch Züchtigungen des Grimmes große Rache an ihnen üben. Und sie werden wissen, daß ich Jehova bin, wenn ich meine Rache über sie bringe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		faciamque in eis ultiones magnas, arguens in furore: et scient quia ego Dominus, cum dedero vindictam meam super eos.