Ezekiel 35:3

Judgment on Mount Seir

1 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, set your face against ^aMount Seir and ^bprophesy against it,

3 and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you;
^aI will stretch out My hand against you,
And make you¹ most desolate;

4 I shall lay your cities waste,
And you shall be desolate.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

5 ^a“Because you have had an¹ ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, ^bwhen their iniquity came to an end,

6 therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will prepare you for ^ablood, and blood shall pursue you; ^bsince you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.

7 Thus I will make Mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it the ^aone who leaves and the one who returns.

8 And I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those who are slain by the sword shall fall.

9 ^aI will make you perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; ^bthen you shall know that I am the Lord.

10 “Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will ^apossess them,’ although ^bthe Lord was there,

11 therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will do ^aaccording to your anger and according to the envy which you showed in your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

12 ^aThen you shall know that I am the Lord. I have ^bheard all your ^cblasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.’

13 Thus ^awith your mouth you have boasted against Me and multiplied your ^bwords against Me; I have heard them.”

14 ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^a“The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate.

15 ^aAs you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, ^bso I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom—all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’

Commentaries:

Matthew Henry

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Ezekiel 35:1-15

A prophecy against Edom.

Verses 1-9 All who have God against them, have the word of God against them. Those that have a constant hatred to God and his people, as the carnal mind has, can only expect to be made desolate for ever.

Verses 10-15 When we see the vanity of the world in the disappointments, losses, and crosses, which others meet with, instead of showing ourselves greedy of worldly things, we should sit more loose to them. In the multitude of words, not one is unknown to God; not the most idle word; and the most daring is not above his rebuke. In the destruction of the enemies of the church, God designs his own glory; and we may be sure that he will not come short of his design. And when the fulness of the Jews and Gentiles shall come into the church, all antichristian opposers shall be destroyed.

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