Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version therefore I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning at its frontier towns—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon and Kiriathaim—the glory of that land. New Living Translation I will open up their eastern flank and wipe out their glorious frontier towns—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. English Standard Version therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. Berean Standard Bible therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land. King James Bible Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, New King James Version therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim. New American Standard Bible therefore, behold, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim; NASB 1995 therefore, behold, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim, NASB 1977 therefore, behold, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, Legacy Standard Bible therefore, behold, I am going to open the flank of Moab by its cities, by its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, Amplified Bible therefore, behold, I will deprive the flank of Moab of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim. Christian Standard Bible Therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank beginning with its frontier cities, the splendor of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. Holman Christian Standard Bible therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank beginning with its frontier cities, the pride of the land: Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. American Standard Version therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, Contemporary English Version So I will let Moab's fortress towns along its border be attacked, including Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon, and Kiriathaim. English Revised Version therefore behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, GOD'S WORD® Translation That is why I'm going to open up the cities that protect Moab's borders. They are the beautiful cities of Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. Good News Translation I will let the cities that defend the border of Moab be attacked, including even the finest cities--Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. International Standard Version therefore you'd better watch out! I'm going to tear open Moab's flanks, starting with its frontier cities—the very glory of the nation!—including Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. Majority Standard Bible therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities?Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim?the glory of the land. NET Bible So look, I am about to open up Moab's flank, eliminating the cities, including its frontier cities, the beauty of the land--Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. New Heart English Bible therefore, look, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim, Webster's Bible Translation Therefore behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, World English Bible therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTherefore, behold, I am opening the shoulder of Moab—From the cities—from his cities—from his frontier, "" The beauty of the land, Beth-Jeshimoth, Ba‘al-Meon, and Kiriathaim, Young's Literal Translation Therefore, lo, I am opening the shoulder of Moab -- From the cities -- from his cities -- from his frontier, The beauty of the land, Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon, and Kiriathaim, Smith's Literal Translation For this, behold me opening the shoulder of Moab from the cities, from his cities, from his extremity, the glory of the land the house of desolation the place of dwelling, and the double city. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTherefore behold I will open the shoulder of Moab from the cities, from his cities, I say, and his borders, the noble cities of the land of Bethiesimoth, and Beelmeon, and Cariathaim, Catholic Public Domain Version therefore, behold, I will open the shoulder of Moab from the cities, from his cities, I say, and from his borders, the famous cities of the land of Beth-Jesimoth, and Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, New American Bible therefore, I am exposing the whole flank of Moab with its cities, the jewels of its land: Beth-jesimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim. New Revised Standard Version therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the towns on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTherefore, behold, I will make a breach in Moab at the cities, at his royal city, at the towns round about him, the glory of the country of Beth-ashimon, Baal-meon, and Koriathaim, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For behold, I wrench loose the shoulder of Moab from the cities, from his cities, and from the glory of the land around it of the house of Ashimon, and of Baalmon, and of Qurithim OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917therefore, behold, I will open the flank of Moab on the side of the cities, on the side of his cities which are on his frontiers, the beauteous country of Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore, behold, I will weaken the shoulder of Moab from his frontier cities, even the choice land, the house of Bethasimuth above the fountain of the city, by the sea-side. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Prophecy Against Moab8This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” 9therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities— Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim— the glory of the land. 10I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.… Cross References Jeremiah 48:1-47 Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled. / There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you. / A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’ ... Isaiah 15:1-9 This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! / Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. ... Isaiah 16:1-14 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion. / Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon: / “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees. ... Amos 2:1-3 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. / So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. / I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD. Zephaniah 2:8-11 “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders. / Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.” / This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts. ... Numbers 21:28-30 For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights. / Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. / But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.” 2 Kings 3:4-27 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams. / But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. / So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria and mobilized all Israel. ... 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. / Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi). / Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah. ... Psalm 83:6-8 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, / of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre. / Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah Jeremiah 9:25-26 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh— / Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.” Jeremiah 25:21 Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites; Jeremiah 27:3 Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. Jeremiah 48:40-47 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab. / Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor. / Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD. ... Isaiah 25:10-12 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile. / He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands. / The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust. Isaiah 11:14 They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them. Treasury of Scripture Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, side. Joshua 13:20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, Baal-meon Numbers 32:37,38 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, … Joshua 13:17,19 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, … Jeremiah 48:23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, Jump to Previous Baal Baalmeon Baal-Meon Ba'al-Me'on Beauteous Beginning Beth Bethjeshimoth Beth-Jeshimoth Beth-Jesh'imoth Cause Cities Country Deprive Expose Far Flank Frontier Frontiers Glory Jeshimoth Kiriathaim Kiriatha'im Kirjathaim Lay Meon Moab Open Opening Shoulder Side UncoveredJump to Next Baal Baalmeon Baal-Meon Ba'al-Me'on Beauteous Beginning Beth Bethjeshimoth Beth-Jeshimoth Beth-Jesh'imoth Cause Cities Country Deprive Expose Far Flank Frontier Frontiers Glory Jeshimoth Kiriathaim Kiriatha'im Kirjathaim Lay Meon Moab Open Opening Shoulder Side UncoveredEzekiel 25 1. God's vengeance, for their insolence against the Jews, upon the Ammonites8. upon Moab and Seir 12. upon Edom 15. and upon the Philistines therefore This word connects the judgment pronounced in this verse to the preceding context. In the Hebrew text, it is a conjunction that signifies a conclusion or result. The use of "therefore" indicates that the actions of Moab have led to a divine response. In the broader biblical narrative, it underscores the principle of divine justice, where actions have consequences, and God’s judgments are always rooted in His righteousness. I will expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities Beth-jeshimoth Baal-meon and Kiriathaim the glory of the land The glory of the country.--The territory designated by the mention of these three cities is still considered by the Arabs as the best part of the land, and is called Belka. They have a proverb, "Thou canst find no land like Belka." The sites of all the cities which are alluded to here have been probably identified by existing ruins. Verse 9. - I will open the side of Moab; literally, the shoulder, i.e. the slopes of the mountain of Moab (Joshua 15:8, 10). For Beth-jeshimoth (equivalent to "House of wastes"), see Numbers 33:49; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 13:20. It had been assigned to Reuben, but had been seized by the Moabites. It has been identified by De Sauley with the ruins now known as Suaime, on the northeastern border of the Dead Sea. Baal-moon (Numbers 32:38), more fully Beth-baal-meon (Joshua 13:17), or Beth-moon (Jeremiah 48:23). The name is found in ruins of some extent, known as the fortress of Mi'un or Maein, about three miles south of Heshbon ('Dict. Bible,' s.v.). Kiriathaim. The dual form of the name (equivalent to "Two cities") implies, perhaps, the union of an old and new town, or two towns on the opposite sides of a brook or wady. The name appears in Genesis 14:5; Numbers 32:37; Joshua 13:19; Jeremiah 48:1, 23. It has been identified with El-Teym, about two miles from Medeba (Burckhardt), and with Kurei-yat, on the south side of Jebel Attarus. Eusebius ('Onom.,' s.v.) describes it as about ten miles from Medeba, and close to the Baris, lint nothing is known as to the last-named place. The three cities all belonged to the region which Sihon and Og had conquered from the Moabites before Israel obtained possession of them, and they were afterwards claimed as belonging to the Israelites by right of conquest (Judges 11:23), and them may therefore be a touch of irony in Ezekiel's language describing them as Moabite cities. Collectively they were the glory of the country, the region known as the Belka, in which they were situated, giving the best pasturage, then as now, in Southern Syria. Havernick quotes a Bedouin proverb, "There is no land like Belka" (see Tristram's 'Land of Moab,' pp. 275, 303-305, 350). Kirjath and Baal-meon appear in Mesha's inscription on the Moabite Stone.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew thereforeלָכֵן֩ (lā·ḵên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus I will indeed הִנְנִ֨י (hin·nî) Interjection | first person common singular Strong's 2005: Lo! behold! expose פֹתֵ֜חַ (p̄ō·ṯê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve the flank כֶּ֤תֶף (ke·ṯep̄) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3802: The shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything of Moab מוֹאָב֙ (mō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled beginning with its frontier מִקָּצֵ֑הוּ (miq·qā·ṣê·hū) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7097: End, extremity cities— מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (mê·he·‘ā·rîm) Preposition-m, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 5892: Excitement Beth-jeshimoth, הַיְשִׁימֹ֔ת (hay·šî·mōṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1020: Beth-jeshimoth -- 'place of the desert', a place East of the Jordan in Moab Baal-meon, מְע֖וֹן (mə·‘ō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1186: Baal-meon -- 'Baal of (the) habitation', a place East of the Jordan and Kiriathaim— וְקִרְיָתָֽיְמָה׃ (wə·qir·yā·ṯā·yə·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7156: Kiriathaim -- a city in Moab, also a place in Naphtali the glory צְבִ֗י (ṣə·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6643: Splendor, a gazelle of the land. אֶ֚רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Ezekiel 25:9 NIVEzekiel 25:9 NLT Ezekiel 25:9 ESV Ezekiel 25:9 NASB Ezekiel 25:9 KJV Ezekiel 25:9 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 25:9 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 25:9 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 25:9 French Bible Ezekiel 25:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 25:9 Therefore behold I will open the side (Ezek. 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