Ezekiel 35:8

8 I will fill his mountains with his slain; in your hills and valleys and in all your ravines will fall those slain by the sword.

Ezekiel 35:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 35:8

And I will fill his mountains with his slain men
Not only Mount Seir, but all the rest of the mountains, in Idumea; where they shall flee for refuge, and the enemy shall pursue them, and slay them; and where their carcasses will fall in such numbers, as to cover the mountains with them; compare with this ( Revelation 19:18 Revelation 19:19 ) : in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they
fall that are slain with the sword:
expressive of the greatness and universality of the slaughter, that it should be a general one everywhere; hence rivers and fountains are said to become blood, through the number of the slain, ( Revelation 16:3 Revelation 16:4 ) .

Ezekiel 35:8 In-Context

6 Therefore, as I live,' Adonai ELOHIM swears, 'I will prepare you for blood. Blood will pursue you. You intensely hate your own blood [relatives]; therefore blood will pursue you.
7 Yes, I will make Mount Se'ir utterly desolate, cutting off from it anyone passing through or returning.
8 I will fill his mountains with his slain; in your hills and valleys and in all your ravines will fall those slain by the sword.
9 I will turn you into perpetual ruins; your cities will not return; and you will know that I am ADONAI.
10 "'Because you say, "These two nations, these two countries, will be mine; we will take possession of them," even though ADONAI is there;
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