Ezekiel 35:4-8

4 "I will 1lay waste your cities And you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
5 "Because you have had everlasting 2enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the 3punishment of the end,
6 therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will give you over to 4bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.
7 "I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns.
8 "I will 5fill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will fall.

Ezekiel 35:4-8 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.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 35:9; Malachi 1:3, 4
  • 2. Psalms 137:7; Ezekiel 25:12, 15; Ezekiel 36:5; Amos 1:11; Obadiah 10
  • 3. Ezekiel 7:2; Ezekiel 21:25, 29
  • 4. Isaiah 63:2-6; Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 32:6
  • 5. Isaiah 34:5, 6; Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 32:4, 5; Ezekiel 39:4, 5

Footnotes 4

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