Ezekiel 35:12

12 and (then) thou shalt know, that I am the Lord. I heard all thy shames, which thou spakest of the hills of Israel (I heard all thy shameful words, which thou spokest against the hills of Israel), and saidest, The hills of Israel be forsaken, and be given to us, for to devour.

Ezekiel 35:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 35:12

And thou shall know that I am the Lord
By the judgments executed upon Edom, and so upon antichrist; for God is known by the judgments he executes, both by good and bad men, ( Psalms 9:16 ) : and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken
against the mountains of Israel;
the people of Israel and Judah literally, and the churches and people of God figuratively: so antichrist is said to open his mouth in blasphemies, and to blaspheme the tabernacle of God, and them that dwell in heaven; that is, the church of God, and the saints of the most High; which are heard and observed by the Lord, and resented by him, and for which he will punish, ( Revelation 13:6 ) : saying, they are laid desolate, they are given up to consume;
or, "for food" F26; to possess and live upon; the inhabitants of them being carried captive or slain, so that there were none to enjoy the fruits of them; and therefore the Edomites concluded that the Israelites were forsaken of God, and that he would no more regard them, and that their land was theirs, which gave them great joy; see ( Revelation 11:10 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F26 (hlkal) (eiv katabrwma) , Sept.; "in cibum", Vatablus, Cocceius, Starckius, So Syr.

Ezekiel 35:12 In-Context

10 For thou saidest, Two folks and two lands shall be mine, and I shall wield those by heritage, when the Lord was there; (For thou saidest, Those two nations and two lands shall be mine, and I shall possess them by inheritance, even though the Lord was there;)
11 therefore I live, saith the Lord God, for I shall do by thy wrath, and by thine envy, which thou didest, hating them (my people), and I shall be made known by them, when I shall deem thee; (and so as I live, saith the Lord God, I shall do by thy anger, and by thy envy, which thou didest, in hating my people, and I shall be known by them, when I shall judge thee;)
12 and (then) thou shalt know, that I am the Lord. I heard all thy shames, which thou spakest of the hills of Israel (I heard all thy shameful words, which thou spokest against the hills of Israel), and saidest, The hills of Israel be forsaken, and be given to us, for to devour.
13 And ye have risen on me with your mouth, and ye have depraved, [or spoken evil,] against me; I heard your words. (And ye have risen against me with your mouth, and ye have spoken evil against me; I heard your words.)
14 The Lord God saith these things, While all the land is glad, I shall turn thee into (a) wilderness.
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