Reference

Ezekiel 25:5

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“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.”
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And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;

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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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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.

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For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;

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Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

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90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Literal Fulfillment

While the imagery is concrete, the transformation of a city into an animal stable and a resting place for flocks could be interpreted metaphorically to signify utter desolation and abandonment rather than a precise physical conversion for animal husbandry.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes a future judgment and its outcome, and a statement of divine recognition, but it does not describe *how* this information was communicated to Ezekiel.

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Cross-References

Isaiah 17:2Thematic

“The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”

Ezekiel 21:20Thematic

“Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.”

Ezekiel 23:49Thematic

“And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 24:24Thematic

“Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord God.”

Psalms 83:18Thematic

“That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.”

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