Hesekiel 36:5

5 ja, so spricht der HERR HERR: Ich habe in meinem feurigen Eifer geredet wider die Heiden und wider das ganze Edom, welche mein Land eingenommen haben mit Freuden von ganzem Herzen und mit Hohnlachen, es zu verheeren und zu plündern.

Hesekiel 36:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 36:5

Therefore thus saith the Lord God
Because these Heathens have acted such an unkind and cruel part to Israel: surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken;
in his fierce wrath and hot displeasure, resenting the ill usage of his people; hot with indignation against their enemies, having a fervent zeal for his own glory, and an affectionate concern for the good of his people. It is in the original text in the form of an oath, "if I have not spoken" {g}; let me be reckoned a liar, or not God; believe me that I have spoken, and in this warm manner; and have not only foretold in prophecy, and threatened the destruction of these nations, but have resolved and determined upon it in my own mind. So the Targum,

``if I have not in the fire of my vengeance decreed in my word:''

against the residue of the Heathen, and against all Idumea;
or Edom; the Edomites, even all of them, who of all the Heathen were the most inveterate and implacable enemies of the Jews, though related to them, and are therefore particularly mentioned as the objects of the divine vengeance: the reason follows, which have appointed my land into their possession;
this land where his chosen people dwelt, and which he chose for them, and gave unto them; the land where he himself dwelt, and granted his presence; where his temple was, and he was worshipped. So the Targum,

``the land of the house of my majesty.''

Now this the Lord took ill at their hands, and resented, that they should lay out this land for themselves, and determine upon it as a possession and inheritance of theirs. With the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out
for a prey;
with the utmost joy they joined Nebuchadnezzar's army when he invaded the land of Judea and besieged Jerusalem, out of pure malice and spite to the people of the Jews, in order to eject them from the possession of their land, that it might become a prey to them; see ( Psalms 137:7 ) ( Obadiah 1:12-14 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (al Ma) "si non", Cocceius, Starckius; "[sub.] mentiar", Junius & Tremellius; "non ero Deus", Piscator.

Hesekiel 36:5 In-Context

3 darum weissage und sprich: So spricht der HERR HERR: Weil man euch allenthalben verwüstet und vertilgt, und ihr seid den übrigen Heiden zuteil geworden und seid den Leuten ins Maul gekommen und ein böses Geschrei geworden,

4 darum hört, ihr Berge Israels, das Wort des HERRN HERRN! So spricht der HERR HERR zu den Bergen und Hügeln, zu den Bächen und Tälern, zu den öden Wüsten und verlassenen Städten, welche den übrigen Heiden ringsumher zum Raub und Spott geworden sind:

5 ja, so spricht der HERR HERR: Ich habe in meinem feurigen Eifer geredet wider die Heiden und wider das ganze Edom, welche mein Land eingenommen haben mit Freuden von ganzem Herzen und mit Hohnlachen, es zu verheeren und zu plündern.

6 Darum weissage von dem Lande Israel und sprich zu den Bergen und Hügeln, zu den Bächen und Tälern: So spricht der HERR HERR: Siehe, ich habe in meinem Eifer und Grimm geredet, weil ihr solche Schmach von den Heiden tragen müsset.

7 Darum spricht der HERR HERR also: Ich hebe meine Hand auf, daß eure Nachbarn, die Heiden umher, ihre Schande tragen sollen.