Ezekiel 35

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.

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

9 "I will make you an everlasting ⁹desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

10 "Because you have ¹⁰said, 'These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,' although the ¹¹LORD was there,

11 therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will deal with you ¹²according to your anger and according to your envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; so I will ¹³make Myself known among them when I judge you.

12 "Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard all your revilings which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, 'They are laid desolate; they are ¹⁴given to us for food.'

13 "And you have ¹⁵spoken * arrogantly against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; ¹⁶I have heard it."

14 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "As all the ¹⁷earth rejoices, I will make you a desolation.

15 "As you ¹⁸rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because * it was desolate, ¹⁹so I will do to you. You will be a ²⁰desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD."'

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Ezekiel 35 Commentary

Chapter 35

A prophecy against Edom.

Verses 1-9 All who have God against them, have the word of God against them. Those that have a constant hatred to God and his people, as the carnal mind has, can only expect to be made desolate for ever.

Verses 10-15 When we see the vanity of the world in the disappointments, losses, and crosses, which others meet with, instead of showing ourselves greedy of worldly things, we should sit more loose to them. In the multitude of words, not one is unknown to God; not the most idle word; and the most daring is not above his rebuke. In the destruction of the enemies of the church, God designs his own glory; and we may be sure that he will not come short of his design. And when the fulness of the Jews and Gentiles shall come into the church, all antichristian opposers shall be destroyed.

Taken from Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise)

Cross References 20

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
8. Isaiah 34:5, 6; Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 32:4, 5; Ezekiel 39:4, 5
9. Jeremiah 49:13; Ezekiel 25:13
10. Psalms 83:4-12; Ezekiel 36:2, 5
11. Psalms 48:1-3; Psalms 132:13, 14; Isaiah 12:6; Ezekiel 48:35; Zephaniah 3:15
12. Psalms 137:7; Ezekiel 25:14; Amos 1:11
13. Psalms 9:16; Psalms 73:17, 18
14. Jeremiah 50:7; Ezekiel 36:2
15. Isaiah 10:13, 14; Isaiah 36:20; Jeremiah 48:26, 42; Daniel 11:36
16. Jeremiah 7:11; Jeremiah 29:23
17. Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 49:13; Jeremiah 51:48
18. Jeremiah 50:11; Lamentations 4:21
19. Obadiah 15
20. Isaiah 34:5, 6; Ezekiel 35:3, 4

Footnotes 8

[a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
[b]. Lit "poured"
[c]. Or "iniquity"
[d]. Lit "prepare you for"
[e]. Lit "fall in them"
[f]. Lit "it"
[g]. Or "that I am the LORD": I have heard"
[h]. Lit "made great with your mouth"

Chapter Summary

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