Ezekiel 35:11

11 therefore, 1as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will deal with you 2according to the anger and 3envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And 4I will make myself known among them, when I judge you.

Ezekiel 35:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 35:11

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord
An oath, as before in ( Ezekiel 35:6 ) : I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which
thou hast used out of thy hatred against them:
as thou hast been angry with them, and hated them, and done mischief to them, so will I be angry with thee, and hate thee, and inflict punishment on thee; I will retaliate all the anger, envy, and hatred showed unto my people, and punish thee according to thy just demerits. So the Romish antichrist shall be dealt with; he who has led into captivity shall go into it, and he that has killed with the sword shall be killed by it. Babylon shall be rewarded double, as she has rewarded, others, ( Revelation 13:10 ) ( 18:6 ) . And I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee;
the Targum is,

``and I will reveal myself to do good unto them, when I shall have taken vengeance on thee:''
after the destruction of antichrist, the knowledge of God, and of Christ, will be spread among Jews and Gentiles, even all the world over, so universally, so clearly and distinctly, as never was before, ( Daniel 12:4 ) ( Isaiah 11:9 ) .

Ezekiel 35:11 In-Context

9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
10 "Because you said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them'--although the LORD was there--
11 therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And I will make myself known among them, when I judge you.
12 And you shall know that I am the LORD. "I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, 'They are laid desolate; they are given us to devour.'
13 And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it.

Cross References 4

  • 1. [See ver. 6 above]
  • 2. [ver. 15; Matthew 7:2]
  • 3. [ver. 15; Matthew 7:2]
  • 4. [ver. 9]
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