Ezekiel 35:9

9 I will turn you into a permanent wasteland. Your cities will not be lived in. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 35:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 35:9

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall
not return
To their former dignity and glory; should not be built and inhabited again, but lie waste for ever: this agrees with what is prophesied of Edom, ( Malachi 1:4 ) and will be true of Rome or Babylon when destroyed; it will never rise more, but be like a millstone in the midst of the sea, ( Revelation 18:21 ) : and ye shall know that I am the Lord; (See Gill on Ezekiel 35:4).

Ezekiel 35:9 In-Context

7 I will turn Mount Seir into a barren wasteland, and I will destroy everyone who comes or goes from there.

8 I will fill your mountains with those who have been killed. Those killed in battle will fall on your hills and in your valleys and ravines.

9 I will turn you into a permanent wasteland. Your cities will not be lived in. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

10 "'You said, "These two nations, Israel and Judah, along with their land, belong to us. We will take possession of them." But the LORD was there.

11 That is why, as I live, declares the Almighty LORD, I will do to you what you did to them. When you were angry and jealous, you acted hatefully toward them.