Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 25:5
And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
5. Rabbah a stable ] Rabbah, “great city,” was the capital (Amo 1:14); in later times it bore the name of Philadelphia, and its site is probably marked by the ruins called Ammn. The word “stable” is usually rendered habitation, but sheepcote, 2Sa 7:8. It may mean a place where animals are housed or where they pasture, cf. Isa 5:17; Isa 32:14; Jer 33:12; Zep 2:14-15.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Rabbah; the royal city, and seat of the kings of Ammon, called since Philadelphia, from Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, king of Egypt, who built it.
A stable; turn it from a royal palace to be a receptacle of camels, and their drivers.
Camels; wherewith not the Chaldeans and Bactrians, but the Arabians also, were well stored; all the men of the East, as appears in Job, using them for conveying merchandise, and for travels.
The Ammonites; the people, for the land they dwelt in.
Ye shall know; then shall you know I was as able to have defended my own people, house, and worship, as I was able to destroy your gods, your cities, and your people.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
5. Rabbahmeaning “theGreat,” Ammon’s metropolis. Under the Ptolemies it was rebuiltunder the name Philadelphia; the ruins are called Amman now,but there is no dwelling inhabited.
Ammonitesthat is, theAmmonite region is to be a “couching place for flocks,”namely of the Arabs. The “camels,” being the chief beast ofburden of the Chaldeans, are put first, as their invasion was toprepare the Ammonite land for the Arab “flocks.” Instead ofbusy men, there shall be “still and couching flocks.”
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And I will make Rabbath a stable for camels,…. Creatures much used by the eastern nations, especially the Arabians; who pitching their tents about Rabbath, the royal city, the metropolis of the children of Ammon, would convert the houses, and even palaces in it, into stables for their camels. This city, in Jerom’s time, as he says, was called Philadelphia, from Ptolemy Philadelphus, who rebuilt it.
And the Ammonites a couching place for flocks; that is, the land of the Ammonites should be made a place for flocks of sheep to lie down in, which the Arabians would bring and feed upon it:
and ye shall know that I am the Lord; omniscient, and sees and observes all your insults upon the children of Israel and Judah; and omnipotent, able to perform all that is threatened; and immutable, bringing about all that is here prophesied of.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) Rabbah was the only important town belonging to the Ammonites. It has become literally a stable for the camels of the wandering Bedouins. In the parallel clause the Ammonites are put for the land which they inhabit.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
5. Rabbah a stable for camels Rabbah “the great.” “Stable” may be rendered “habitation” or “pasture land.” This doubtless occurred during Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion, and although afterward rebuilt, it never reached its former glory. Remains of houses and temples still mark the site of this once populous city, but not an inhabitant remains. The ruins are now used as a pasture for sheep and camels. Lord Lindsay writes, “The valley stinks with dead camels, one of which was rolling in the stream; and although we saw none among the ruins they were absolutely covered in every direction with their dung.” (For this and many other testimonials see Pulpit Commentary.)
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Ver. 5. And I will make Rabbah. ] The metropolis of the Ammonites. It signifieth that great city; and was afterwards rebuilt by Ptolemy Philadelph, and called Philadelphia.
“ Valet ima summis
Mutare, et insignem attenuat Deus
Obseura premens, ”& c.
– Hor.,
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Rabbah. See Deu 3:11.
ye shall know, &c. See note on Eze 6:7.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Rabbah: Eze 21:20, Rabbath, 2Sa 12:26
a stable: Isa 17:2, Isa 32:14, Zep 2:14, Zep 2:15
and ye: Eze 25:8, Eze 24:24, Eze 26:6, Eze 30:8, Eze 35:9, Eze 38:23, Psa 83:18, Isa 37:20
Reciprocal: 1Ch 20:1 – Rabbah Eze 23:49 – and ye shall know Eze 25:11 – and they Eze 25:17 – they shall Amo 1:14 – Rabbah Zep 2:6 – the sea
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 25:5. Kabbah was the chief city of the Ammonites, and it would he a reproach to have it reduced to a stabling place for the beasts of service. The people in general were destined to become a couch ingplace or place for resting for the flocks.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
25:5 And I will make {d} Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
(d) Called also Philadelphin, which was the chief city of the Ammonites and full of conveniences, 2Sa 12:27 .