Lux Domini

Ezekiel  25:4

Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

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Interpretation

It is wicked to be glad at the calamities of any, especially of God's people; it is a sin for which he will surely reckon. God will make it appear that he is the God of Israel, though he suffers them for a time to be captives in Babylon.

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This thought runs through Ezekiel 25:1-5.

Ezekiel 25:1 Ezekiel 25:2 Ezekiel 25:3 Ezekiel 25:4 Ezekiel 25:5

Glossary

East Place
(1. ) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus “the east country” is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais ( Zech. 8:7 ). (2). Modern identification: Amman.