Ezekiel 35:5-11

5 “ ‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax,

6 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off from it all who come and go.

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

9 I will make you desolate forever; your towns will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

10 “ ‘Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession of them,” even though I the LORD was there,

11 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.

Ezekiel 35:5-11 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

• 1. S Psalms 63:10
• 2. Obadiah 1:13
• 3. Psalms 137:7; S Ezekiel 21:29
• 4. S Isaiah 34:3
• 5. Isaiah 63:2-6
• 6. S Jeremiah 46:19
• 7. S Jeremiah 49:17
• 8. S Ezekiel 31:12
• 9. Obadiah 1:10
• 10. S Isaiah 34:5-6; S Jeremiah 49:13
• 11. S Psalms 83:12; Ezekiel 36:2,5
• 12. Ezekiel 25:14
• 13. S Psalms 9:16; Obadiah 1:15; S Matthew 7:2