Ezekiel 35:1-6

Prophecy against Mount Seir

1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

2 "Son of man, set your face against ¹Mount Seir, and prophesy against it

3 and say to it, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, And I will ²stretch out My hand against you And make you a ³desolation and a waste.

4 "I will ⁴lay waste your cities And you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

5 "Because you have had everlasting ⁵enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the ⁶punishment of the end,

6 therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will give you over to ⁷bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.

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Ezekiel 35:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 35

This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of Edom, which is threatened, Eze 35:1-4, the cause of it, their hatred and slaughter of the Israelites, Eze 35:5-9, their claim of the lands of Israel and Judah for possession, Eze 35:10,11, their blasphemies against the people of God, and the Lord himself, Eze 35:12,13, the aggravation of their ruin, which was irretrievable; that when it was well with others, it should go ill with them; by way of just retaliation, Eze 35:14,15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

1. Genesis 36:8; Ezekiel 25:12; Ezekiel 36:5
2. Jeremiah 6:12; Jeremiah 15:6; Ezekiel 25:13
3. Jer 49:13, 17, 18; Ezekiel 35:7
4. Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 35:9; Malachi 1:3, 4
5. Psalms 137:7; Ezekiel 25:12, 15; Ezekiel 36:5; Amos 1:11; Obadiah 10
6. Ezekiel 7:2; Ezekiel 21:25, 29
7. Isaiah 63:2-6; Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 32:6

Footnotes 4

[a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
[b]. Lit "poured"
[c]. Or "iniquity"
[d]. Lit "prepare you for"