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As observed by Radak (in his opening remarks to this chapter): \u201cNow, he began with the catastrophe [to befall] the nations neighboring the Land of Israel who rejoiced in its destruction.\u201d Those nations are, respectively, Ammon, Moab, Edom, and the Philistines.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 6:11, we encountered the word <\/span>ach<\/span><\/i> <\/a>(translated \u201cAha!\u201d), and we noted a difference of opinion among the commentators whether it was a cry of anguish (Rashi, Kara, Radak) or joy (Malbim). Here, in v.3, we find that Ammon was accused of crying HE\u2019ACH (again translated \u201cAha!\u201d) on the downfall and exile of Israel. This time, given the context as noted, even Rashi and Radak are obliged to define it as joyful. (Moshe Greenberg rendered it as \u201cexpressing malicious glee,\u201d <\/span>Ezekiel<\/span><\/i> 518.)<\/span><\/p>\n

In Chapter 21, we cited Malbim\u2019s interpretation <\/span><\/a>of v.2:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSet your face\u201d: This is what prepared him to know which direction to face while prophesying about the siege of Jerusalem (v.13 ff.). Here, he told how Nebuchadnezzar engaged in divination to determine whether to turn left\u2014towards Rabat Ammon\u2014or right\u2014to Jerusalem. The lot fell to the south, which was to his right, to wit: \u201cIn his right hand came up the omen against Jerusalem\u201d (27).<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, going southward from Babylonia, Nebuchadnezzar could have attacked either Ammon, which was situated to his west or left, or Jerusalem, which lay to his right or east. Now, in 25:4, Radak used that to highlight the irony underlying Ammon\u2019s prospective punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: Even though they escaped Nebuchadnezzar, whose lot fell on Jerusalem, they ought not rejoice on that account, because the nations of the east\u2014Medea and Persia\u2014will overcome them and inherit their land.<\/span><\/p>\n

Edom\u2019s participation in the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem, alluded to in v.12, is elaborated on in greater detail in the Book of Obadiah, and cited in Psalm 137:7: \u201cRecall, O Lord, of the Edomites, of the day of Jerusalem, who cried \u2018raze it, raze it\u2019 to its very foundation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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