Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 25:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
13. they of Dedan shall fall ] and unto (as far as) Dedan shall they fall. Teman in the N. of Edom (Gen 36:11; Amo 1:11; Jer 49:7, Oba 1:9), and Dedan to the south; the latter probably only bordered on Edom (Gen 10:7; Isa 21:13; Jer 25:23).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
From Teman … – Or from Teman even unto Dedan, shall they fall. Teman and Dedan were districts (not cities), the former in the south (Eze 20:46 note), the latter in the north (over the whole country).
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 13. I will make it desolate from Teman] Teman and Dedan were both cities of the Moabites, and apparently at each extremity of the land.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Stretch out mine hand: see Eze 25:7, and Eze 16:27.
Cut off man, by the sword of the Chaldeans, and by other wasting evils which accompany wars, as famine, pestilence, and other diseases.
And beast; either their cattle should be driven away by the plundering soldier, or devoured by the mighty numerous army of Nebuchadnezzar, or wasted with murrain, or all should concur to unstock their pastures.
Desolate; a desolation, i.e. most desolate.
From Teman; from the south, so the Chaldee paraphrase; but it is rather the name of the region, called by the name of Esaus grandson Teman, who also gave name to the metropolis of Idumea, and probably it was in the southern coast of Edoms country.
Dedan; the Dedanites, who were of Abraham by Keturah, Gen 25:3; and these were neighbours to Edom, on the side of Arabia, or else intermixed with the Edomites in habitation and commerce, so that it might be a city reckoned either to Edom or Arabia. From Teman to Dedan the Chaldean sword should waste all.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
13. Teman . . . they ofDedanrather, “I will make it desolate from Teman (in thesouth) even to Dedan (in the northwest)” [GROTIUS],(Jer 49:8), that is, the wholecountry from north to south, stretching from the south of the DeadSea to the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Therefore thus saith the Lord God,…. Because of such base and barbarous usage, from a people that were originally brethren:
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; by the army of Nebuchadnezzar, by the sword of the Chaldeans, and by famine and pestilence, and such like sore judgments; in which the hand of God is manifestly seen:
and I will make it desolate from Teman; a very principal city of Edom, so called from Teman, the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, Ge 36:15 it lay in the south of the land of Idumea; the Targum renders it, “from the south”:
and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword; of the Babylonians; this was another city of Edom, it lay in the north of that country; so that hereby is signified that destruction should go through it from the southern to the northern parts of it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(13) From Teman; and they of Dedan.Teman (a word meaning south) was a southern district of Edom (Jer. 49:20-21; Hab. 3:3), famed for its wisdom (Jer. 49:7; Oba. 1:8-9). Dedan is frequently mentioned by the prophets, but in such a way that it has not been certainly identified. A better translation would be, From Teman unto Dedan, meaning from one end of the country to the other, they shall fall by the sword.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
13. Teman; and they of Dedan, etc. Rather, from Teman unto Dedan shall they fall. Teman and Dedan were respectively the north and south frontier districts of Edom. The inhabitants of this region were celebrated for their wisdom (Jer 49:7; Oba 1:8-9). The most eloquent speaker in Job is Eliphaz the Temanite (Job 2:11; Job 4:1). So they are called in Baruch (Eze 3:22-23), “authors of fables, the searchers out of understanding.” This district was situated in the caravan route from Egypt to Babylon, and in some recently discovered inscriptions (old Aramaic) may be seen “marked traces of Egyptian civilization” (Neubaur, Studia Biblia, vol. i). Dr. Euting dates these inscriptions in the time of Ezekiel. Certainly these were civilized districts at a very early day, for Gudea, some 3,000 years B.C., brought alabaster from Tidanu (Dedan), and Gimil-Sin, 2,000 years B.C., built a wall against Tidnim. The ancient Minaeans brought their female temple slaves from Gaza, Moab, Ammon, Kedar, Dedan, etc. (Hommel, Ancient Hebrew Tradition). These Minaean inscriptions have only recently been discovered, and it is still disputed whether the kingdom followed that of Saba (Sheba), or whether it preceded it (2000-1000 B.C.), although the latter view seems preferable.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 25:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Ver. 13. I will stretch out mine hand upon Edom. ] God hath vengeance ready for revengers. Immune verbam est ultio, saith Seneca; they shall not escape unpunished. See Pro 24:17-18 . The Duke of Bourbon being displeased at Cardinal Wolsey, intended to have sacked Rome, and taken the Pope; but at the first assault of the town, the Duke was the first man that was slain.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
man. Hebrew. ‘adam. App-14.
Taman. A grandson of Esau (Gen 36:11). A town or city in Edom, not yet identified.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I will also: Eze 25:7, Eze 25:16, Isa 34:1-17, Isa 63:1-6, Lam 4:21, Lam 4:22, Mal 1:3, Mal 1:4
and will: Eze 14:8, Eze 14:13, Eze 14:17, Eze 14:19-21, Eze 29:8, Gen 6:7, Jer 7:20
Teman: Gen 36:11, Jer 49:7, Jer 49:20, Oba 1:9, Hab 3:3
of Dedan shall fall by the sword: or, shall fall by the sword unto Dedan, Jer 25:23, Jer 49:8
Reciprocal: Gen 25:3 – Dedan Gen 36:15 – duke Teman 1Ch 1:32 – Dedan 1Ch 1:45 – Temanites Jer 49:13 – a desolation Jer 49:17 – Edom Eze 35:9 – perpetual Oba 1:10 – and
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 25:13. When God decrees that one nation shall come against another, that is regarded as the work of His hand. Teman and Dedan were districts in the Edomite country located in opposite directions from each other. The last clause of the verse means that the slaying of their men would take place from one of these sections to the other.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
For this reason the Lord promised to send judgment on them. He would cause both man and beast to perish from their land, a picture of complete devastation (cf. 35:1-36:15). He would make the land a desolate waste from Teman to Dedan, throughout the country, as a result of an army invasion (cf. Joe 3:19; Obad.). Teman was a town in central Edom not far from Sela (Petra), and Dedan was a region southeast of Edom where Edomites evidently lived. Jeremiah revealed that this punishment would come through Nebuchadnezzar (Jer 9:26; Jer 25:21; Jer 27:1-11). Edomites occupied southern Judah after the Exile. [Note: Taylor, p. 188. Cf. 1Es 4:50.]