Eze 21:28 | KingComments | STEP | Nebuchadnezzar’s decision to go up to Jerusalem ( ) does not mean that the Ammonites will escape judgment ( ). Their defamation over humiliated and devastated Judah is an additional reason to judge them. The sword of judgment that is in Nebuchadnezzar’s hand will massacre them as well ( ). The Ammonites think they will be spared ( ). That is what their lying prophets with their false visions have caused them to believe. Those deceivers have even said that they will go up to Judah with Nebuchadnezzar, whose side they have chosen ( ). They will then set their feet on the necks of the unholy wicked who belong to Zedekiah and whose iniquity has reached its zenith (cf. ). The call sounds to them that they should not arm themselves. They will not fight with Nebuchadnezzar and will not be able to resist him ( ). They will be judged in their own land and will not be led into exile like Judah. God will pour out His indignation on them and blow on them with the fire of His wrath ( ). He will do this by giving them into the hand of brutal men who have their destruction in mind. The fire, picture of judgment, will do its destructive and consuming work among them ( ). The land will be full of the blood of the defeated in the midst of it. Their role will be utterly finished and they will no longer be asked for. They will have disappeared from memory. It happens that way because the LORD has spoken it.

‏ Ezekiel 21:28

Judgment on Ammon

Nebuchadnezzar’s decision to go up to Jerusalem (Eze 21:20-22) does not mean that the Ammonites will escape judgment (Eze 21:28). Their defamation over humiliated and devastated Judah is an additional reason to judge them. The sword of judgment that is in Nebuchadnezzar’s hand will massacre them as well (Eze 21:9-10 ; 15).

The Ammonites think they will be spared (Eze 21:29). That is what their lying prophets with their false visions have caused them to believe. Those deceivers have even said that they will go up to Judah with Nebuchadnezzar, whose side they have chosen (2Kgs 24:2). They will then set their feet on the necks of the unholy wicked who belong to Zedekiah and whose iniquity has reached its zenith (cf. Eze 21:25).

The call sounds to them that they should not arm themselves. They will not fight with Nebuchadnezzar and will not be able to resist him (Eze 21:30). They will be judged in their own land and will not be led into exile like Judah. God will pour out His indignation on them and blow on them with the fire of His wrath (Eze 21:31). He will do this by giving them into the hand of brutal men who have their destruction in mind.

The fire, picture of judgment, will do its destructive and consuming work among them (Eze 21:32). The land will be full of the blood of the defeated in the midst of it. Their role will be utterly finished and they will no longer be asked for. They will have disappeared from memory. It happens that way because the LORD has spoken it.