What is the meaning of Ezekiel 25:5? I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels Rabbah was the fortified capital of the Ammonites, famed for proud walls and bustling trade (2 Samuel 12:26). God promises to flatten it into open rangeland. Picture caravans of camels grazing where palaces once stood—a graphic reversal of fortunes much like the desolation of Babylon in Isaiah 13:19–20. • Jeremiah 49:2 echoes the same sentence of destruction on Rabbah. • Amos 1:13–15 forecasts fire consuming Ammon’s palaces. The lesson: human strength and urban splendor collapse under divine judgment, leaving only animals to wander the ruins. and Ammon a resting place for sheep The nation, not just its capital, will become a quiet, rural backwater—sheepfolds replacing soldiers. Zephaniah 2:9 foretells, “Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of nettles, salt pits, a perpetual wasteland.” • Isaiah 17:2 describes abandoned cities “for flocks to lie down, with no one to make them afraid,” mirroring Ezekiel’s picture. • Numbers 21:24 recalls Ammon’s earlier conquest by Israel; now flocks, not armies, will occupy the land. God’s justice turns a once-hostile territory into something harmless and lowly. Then you will know that I am the LORD This refrain runs through Ezekiel (6:7; 7:4; 25:11). When prophecy becomes visible reality, even nations that scoffed at Israel’s God will recognize His unrivaled sovereignty. • Exodus 7:5 shows the same purpose in Egypt’s plagues. • Ezekiel 36:23 later promises that God’s holiness will be vindicated “in the sight of the nations.” Recognition of the LORD is always the ultimate goal—judgment serves revelation. summary Ezekiel 25:5 paints a vivid before-and-after: bustling Rabbah and the kingdom of Ammon reduced to quiet grazing land. The fall of proud defenses and transformation into pasture declare that the LORD alone determines a nation’s rise or ruin. When the prophecy unfolds, all witnesses will know He is the sovereign, covenant-keeping God who cannot be ignored. |
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