[[Ezek-25]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Ezek-24]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Ezek-26]] --- ### therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession. They will set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you... I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the children of Ammon a resting place for flocks. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: God predicts the total destruction of the Ammonites as a sovereign nation, stating they will be overrun by nomadic tribes from the East and their capital, Rabbah, will become wasteland for livestock. *Historical context*: Historians, including Josephus ([[Ant|Antiquities 10]].9.7), record that Nebuchadnezzar II launched a campaign against Ammon and Moab roughly five years after the fall of Jerusalem (c. 582/581 BCE). Subsequently, the territory was occupied by Nabatean Arabs ('children of the east'). The Ammonite ethnic identity vanished by the Roman period, and the ruins of Rabbah remained as pastureland for centuries before the modern city of Amman was established. *Related to*: ### therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities... to the children of the east, to go against the children of Ammon; and I will give them for a possession, that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Moab is prophesied to lose its frontier defenses and be conquered by eastern tribes, leading to the erasure of their national identity alongside Ammon. *Historical context*: Moab was crushed by the Babylonians in 582 BCE. Like Ammon, their territory was eventually absorbed by Arab tribes (the Nabateans). Moab ceased to exist as a distinct political or ethnic entity, fulfilling the prediction that they would no longer be 'remembered among the nations.' *Related to*: ### 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. I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: God declares a judgment of desolation upon Edom, specifically noting that the vengeance will be carried out by the nation of Israel. *Historical context*: While Edom was initially weakened by Babylon and later by the Nabateans, the specific fulfillment 'by the hand of my people Israel' occurred during the Hasmonean period. [[Aro|Around 129]] BCE, the Jewish leader John Hyrcanus conquered the Edomites (Idumeans), forced them to convert to Judaism, and incorporated them into the Jewish state, effectively ending Edomite national independence through the hand of Israel. *Related to*: ### Behold, I will stretch out my hand on the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The Philistines are prophesied to face total destruction and the 'cutting off' of their coastal remnants, ending their long-standing hostility toward Israel. *Historical context*: The Philistine city-states (Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron) were systematically destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II between 604 and 586 BCE. Archaeological evidence shows that the distinct Philistine culture and ethnic identity disappeared after the Babylonian and subsequent Persian periods. By the time of the Hasmoneans and Romans, the Philistines as a people no longer existed, with the name 'Palestine' being repurposed by Rome as a geographic rather than ethnic designation. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy