A completely new section of Ezekiel content begins: Prophesies against foreign nations.
The Lord gave his final message to the captives in Babylon. He killed Ezekiel's wife and He destroyed His own Holy Temple and city. Jerusalem's end is nigh.
Starting with chapter 25, the Lord has judgments to proclaim on the foreign nations.
Ammon
Ammon has demonstrated a hard heart and celebrated the profaning of God's Temple, the desolation of the land of Israel, and the exile of Judah. So Ezekiel prophesied against Ammon that enemies will come among them, taking the resources for themselves. And He will turn their cities into pasture land.
From these judgments they will know that the Lord is God.
Their rejoicing at the downfall of Israel will result in them becoming the spoils of war for others. They will perish and be cut off from the land.
From these judgments they will know that the Lord is God.
Moab
The people of Moab claimed that there was nothing special about Judah—essentially denying God.
Their punishment will be to lose their frontier cities, depriving Moab of the protection of a flank. These cities will also be overrun by the same enemies as Ammon.
In this judgments they will know that the Lord is God.
Edom
Because Edom decided to attack Judah and get vengeance for themselves, the Lord will stretch out His hand against them and wipe them and their beasts from the land—laying waste to it.
In verse 14 He notes that His vengeance will come by the hand of the people of Israel. And they will know that the Lord is God.
It's worth reminding my dear reader that these prophesies weren't for leaders of these nations to hear, such as it was with Amos and Obadiah. This is Ezekiel giving the rundown to Judah's captives in Babylon. So these prophesies aren't as expansive unless there are things the captives need to know, such as the hope that comes from hearing that it will be God's people who take God's eventual vengeance to Edom.
Philistia
‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,” therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will know that I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance on them.”’” Ezekiel 25:15–17
These are the Philistines. These were the people Israel had to contend with from the time they arrived in the promise Land. They plagued Israel through the time of the judges and into the time of David.
They had their own God, even though they were descendants from Ham. It was the Maccabees who eventually wiped them out in the second century.