Message: Prophecies God’s judgment
upon these tribes in
O.T.
6/7/2025
By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce Christian
Arts Ministries
In Psalm 83 the psalmist pleads with God for help (vv.1-4),
Keep
not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate
thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy
people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us
cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in
remembrance. (vv.1-4)
Pictures the confederacy (vv.5-8)
For they have consulted together
with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom,
and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines
with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is
joined with them: they have holpen the children of
Lot. Selah. (vv.5-8
Psalmist pray for vengeance
(vv.9-18)
In Psalm 83, Psalmist mentioned the
tribes according to Old Testament prophecies they were under God’s judgment,
because what they had done, maliciously hate, insulted, mocked and made threats
against Israel, Judah, and the Lord’s sanctuary. These tribes and judgments as
follow,
Concerning Ammon – Ammonites were descendants of Lot’s younger daughter. According to the prophet Amos said “This is what the Lord says, “For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not turn back my wrath. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah that will consume her fortresses amid war cries on the day of battle, amid violent winds on a stormy day. Her king will go into exile, he and his officials together.” (Amos 1:13-15).
Judgment on Ammon according to Ezekiel 25: 2-7 “Son of man set your face
against the Ammonites and prophesy against them. Say to them, ‘ Hear the word
of the Sovereign Lord says: Because you said,
“ Aha!” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated and over the land of
Israel when it was laid waste and
over the people of Judah when they went into exile, therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East
as a possession. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you;
they will eat your fruit and drink your milk. I will turn Rabbah into a pasture
for camels and Ammon into a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord. For this is the
Sovereign Lord says: Because you have
clapped your hands and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your
heart against the land of Israel, therefore I will stretch out my hand
against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the
nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you
will know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 25:2-7).
Jeremiah prophecies against Ammon, “This is what the Lord says, “Has
Israel no sons? Has she no heirs? Why then has Molech taken possession of Gad?
Why do his people live in its towns? But the days are coming,” declares the
Lord, “When I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it
will become a mound of ruins, and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.
Then Israel will drive out those who drove her out.” Says the Lord. “Wail,
O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out, O inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on
sackcloth and mourn’ rush here and there inside the walls, for Molech will go
into exile, together with his priests and officials. Why do you boast of your
valleys, boast of your valleys so fruitful? O unfaithful daughter, you trust in
your riches and say, ‘Who will attack me?’ I will bring terror on you from all
those around you,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty. “Every one of you will
be driven away, and no one will gather the fugitives. “Yet afterward, I will
restore the fortunes of the Ammonites,” declares the Lord.
Prophet Zephaniah said, “I have heard the insults of
Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites, who insulted my people and made threats
against their land. Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord
Almighty, the God of Israel, “ Surely Moab will become like Sodom, the
Ammonites like Gomorrah- a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder them; the survivors of my nation will
inherit their land. This is what they
will get in return for their pride, for insulting and mocking the people of the
Lord Almighty. The Lord will be awesome to them when he destroys all the gods
of the land. The nations on every shore will worship him, everyone in its own land. (Zephaniah 2:8-11)
Concerning Philistia – Philistines is Descendants of Mizraim, the son of Ham
(Gen.10:14; 1 Chron.1:12) they were a constant thorn in the side of Israel.
They worshiped Dagon (The Semitic grain deity; cf.1 Sam.5) and other gods, and
were finally liquidated under the Maccabees in the second century B.C. According
to Amos 1:6-8, this is what the Lord says, “For three sins of Gaza,
even for four, I will not turn back my wrath. Because
she took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom, I will
send fire upon the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses; I will
destroy the king of Ashdod and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelong. I
will turn my hand against Ekron, till the last of the Philistines is dead.”
Says the Sovereign Lord. (Amos 1:6-8).
Judgment on Philistia
according to Ezekiel 25: 15-17. This is what the Sovereign Lord says, “Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took
revenge with malice in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to
destroy Judah, therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says, “I
am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the
Kerethites and destroy those remaining along the coast. I will carry out great
vengeance on them and punish them in my wrath. Then they will know that I am
the Lord, when I take vengeance on them.” (Ezekiel 25:15-17).
According to Isaiah 14: 30-31, it indicates that Philistia was
doomed, “The poorest of the poor will find pasture and the needy will
lie down in safety. But you root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your
survivors. Wail, O gate! Howl, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud
of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.”
(Isa.14:30-31)
According to Jeremiah 47:1-7 Jeremiah the prophet concerning the
Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza: This is what the Lord says, “See
how the waters are rising in the north; they will
become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and
everything in it, the towns and those who live in them. The people will cry
out; all who dwell in the land will wail at the sound of the hoofs of galloping
steeds, at the noise of enemy chariots and the rumble of their wheels. Fathers
will not turn to help their children; their hands will hand limp. For the
day has come to destroy all the Philistines and to cut off all survivors who
could help Tyre and Sidon. The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines, the
remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. Gaza will shave her head in mourning;
Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant on the plain, how long will you cut
yourselves? ‘Ah, sword of the Lord,’ you cry, ‘how long till you rest? Return
to your scabbard; cease and be still.’ But how can it rest when the Lord has
commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”
(Jeremiah 47:1-7)
Concerning Edom – This is what the Lord says, “For three sins of Edom, ever
for four, I will not turn back my wrath. Because
he pursued his brother with a sword, stifling all compassion,
because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked, I will send
fire upon Teman that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah. (Amos
1:11-12)
Judgment of Edom according to
Ezekiel, “This is
what the Sovereign Lord says, “Because Edom took
revenge on the house of Judah and became very guilty by doing so,
therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says, “I will stretch out my hand
against Edom and kill its men and their animals, I will lay it waste, and from
Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. I will take vengeance on Edom by
the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with
my anger and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign
Lord.” (Ezekiel 25: 12-14)
Concerning Tyre- Tyre is an ancient Phoenician
city state on the Mediterranean, between Acre and Sidon. She enjoyed great
prosperity under King Hiram (980-947), who provided men and materials for the
construction of David’s palace (2 Sam.5:11-12) and Solomon’s palace and Temple
(2 Chron.2).
According to Prophet Amos about Tyre, this is what the Lord says, “For three sins of Tyre, even
for four, I will not turn back my wrath. Because she sold whole communities
of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood, I will send fire
upon the walls of Tyre that will consume her fortresses.
Judgment on Tyre-
according to Ezekiel, “Son of man, because
Tyre has said of Jerusalem, “Aha!” The gate to the nations is broken, and its
doors have swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will prosper,” Therefore
this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will against you, O Tyre, and I will
bring many nations against you, like the sea casting up its waves. They will
destroy the walls of Tyre and pull down her towers; I will scrape away her
rubble and make her a bare rock. Out in the sea she will become a place to
spread fishnets, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She will
become plunder for the nations, and her settlements on the mainland will be
ravaged by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 26:
2-6).
Many nations would be involved in
the destruction of Tyre. Nebuchadnezzar besieged the mainland city for thirteen
years (585-572) and destroyed it. In 332 Alexander the Great besieged the
island city for six months and finally captured it by building a causeway out
to it from the debris of the destroyed mainland city. The city was rebuilt and
is mentioned in Matt. 15:21-28, Mark 3:8; Matt.11:21-22; Acts 21:3-6. The city
was almost completely destroyed by the Muslims in A.D.1291. (Ezekiel 26:3-14)
Concerning Moab – Moab was the nation descended from the son of Lot by his
elder daughter (Gen.19:37) according Prophet Amos’s prophecy, this is the
Lord says, “For three sins of Moab even for four I’ll not turn back my wrath
because he burned as if to lime, the bones of Edom’s king, I will send fire
upon Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go down in
great tumult amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet. I will destroy
her ruler and kill all her officials with him.” Says the Lord. (Amos 2:1)
Concerning the tribe of
Amalek,
descendants of Esau’s grandson (Gen36:12) attacked Israel from the rear,
assaulting the stragglers (Deut.25:17-18). Joshua overcame the Amalekite army
with the sword. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as
something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will
completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” Moses built
an altar and called it “The Lord is my Banner”
He said, “For hands were lifted up to the throne of the Lord. The Lord will be
at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.” (Exodus
17:13-16). The judgment on Amalek occurred in Saul’s time (1Sam
15).(Nm.14:45 and Esther 3:1).
In this era, present time, in the
United States of America, recent Anti-Semitisms attacks highlight the elevated
threat to Israeli and Jewish communities. Two staff members of the Israel
Embassy to the USA were killed in Washington DC, and 12 Jewish people were
attacked by Anti-Semitisms who claimed that they did this in order to “free
Palestinians”. The ongoing Israel – Hamas conflict may motivate other
violent extremists and hate crime violence against Jewish and Israeli
communities and their supporters. Therefore, President Trump announced a travel
ban for twelve countries in order to against foreign terrorists, and security
threats to the USA. Historical events according to the Old Testament and New
Testament, affirmed that God’s unfailing love to Israel will not be shaken, nor
His covenant of peace be removed. God had established Davidic covenant through
Messiah Jesus Christ who is the Lion of Judah, the Root and the Offspring of
David, King of kings, Lord of lords, He is anointing one, and has established
His throne in Jerusalem, Christ Jesus will come second time to reign over all
kings on earth. We shall only stand for Israel, and the Holy Land that God has
chosen. We can’t deny the powerful of God Almighty, God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, His covenant standstill, and look favor with His chosen race, and His
judgment upon Tyre according to Ezekiel 26: 2-6, “Because
Tyre has said of Jerusalem, “Aha!” The gate to the nations is broken, and its
doors have swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will prosper.” The judgment on Philistia according to Ezekiel 25: 15-17 “Because she took captive whole communities and sold them to
Edom and “Because the Philistines acted
in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts and with ancient
hostility sought to destroy Judah.
The judgment upon Ammonites according to Ezekiel
25:2-7 and Zephaniah 2:10 “Because you said,
“Aha!” over my sanctuary when it was desecrated and over the land of Israel when it was laid waste and over the people of Judah when
they went into exile.” “This is what they will get in return for their pride,
for insulting and mocking the people of the Lord Almighty.”
O Lord, God Almighty,
hear our prayer, listen to our plead, O God of Jacob, look favor on your
anointed one, For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and
honor, no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. O Lord Almighty blessed is the man who trusts in you. Save your people, your chosen
race for thy name sake, for their bear your name. O Lord, save us and bless us
even though we are gentiles, we trust in you, and call upon thy name. O Lord,
listen! O Lord forgives! O Lord, hear and act! For your sake, O my God, do not
delay, because your city and your people bear your name. (Daniel 9: 19). As Thy
Word says, “My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes,
in undisturbed places of rest.” (Isa.32:18). Keep us in the palm of thy hand,
let thy peace upon the land we stand, let thy peace reign over our land and
Jerusalem, Israel. Turn back your enemies and your foes, let them know that
you, whose name is the Lord that you alone are the Most High over all the
earth. In the powerful name of Jesus we pray! Amen!
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