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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:4

They shall know that I am Jehovah . By this expressive formula Ezekiel intimates the moral effect which should be produced upon the nations of the earth, whether by beholding or by experiencing the Divine judgments ( Ezekiel 6:7 , Ezekiel 6:13 ; Ezekiel 7:4 , Ezekiel 7:9 ; Ezekiel 11:10 , Ezekiel 11:12 ; Ezekiel 13:9 , Ezekiel 13:14 , Ezekiel 13:21 , Ezekiel 13:23 ; Ezekiel 14:8 ; Ezekiel 15:7 , et passim; cf. Exodus 6:7 ; Exodus 7:1-25 :50 17; Exodus 29:46 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:5

Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred ; literally, hatred of old, or eternal enmity (cf. Ezekiel 25:15 ). This was the first of the two specific grounds upon which Eden should feel the stroke of Divine vengeance. Edom had been Israel's hereditary foe from the days of Esau and Jacob ( Genesis 25:22 , sqq . ; and Genesis 27:37 ) downwards. Inspired with unappeasable wrath ( Amos 1:11 ), during the period of the wandering he had refused Israel, "his brother," a passage through... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:5

The end of iniquity. I. INIQUITY MUST HAVE AN END . God will not permit it to run on forever unchecked and unpunished. The sinner has a long leash, but it is not interminable. God steps in at length and puts a stop to the awful succession of wicked deeds. Wicked cities and nations have had their end. So must it be with sinful lives. II. THE NATURAL END OF INIQUITY IS DEATH . Sin is the great destroyer. It is a raging fire which will ultimately fade away into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:5-6

Lex talionis. Ezekiel returns to his prophecy regarding the inhabitants of Mount Seir. These neighbors of the Israelites were animated by hostility to God's people which was of a peculiarly bitter character. The prophet's mind was deeply affected and sorely pained by the language and the actions of these enemies of Israel. This probably accounts for his reverting to his inspired threats of adversity and even destruction about to overtake these bitter and blasphemous foes of Israel and of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 35:5

Shed blood - Omit “blood:” better as in the margin, i. e., and hast given up the children of Israel to the sword; thou hast scattered the children of Israel in confusion like stones poured down a mountain-side Micah 1:6.That their iniquity had an end - Or, “of the iniquity of the end,” i. e., the time when by the capture of the city the iniquity of Israel came to an end Ezekiel 21:29. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 35:1-6

Ezekiel 35:1-6. Moreover, the word of the Lord, &c. “The prophet goes on to show, that the same reason which would operate in favour of the Jews, would not operate in favour of the heathen; especially not in favour of the Jews’ relations, the Edomites: for they showed no mercy, and therefore deserved to receive none; and, because they had perpetual hatred, they were to be made a perpetual desolation.” Obs. on Books. Set thy face against mount Seir Mount Seir is the same with Idumea:... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 35:1-15

Edom punished (35:1-15)Since the Jews were to inherit their land again, any foreign nation that attempted to occupy that land for itself had to be overcome. One such nation was Edom, symbolized here by its distinctive landmark, Mt Seir (35:1-4). Edom had a long record of bitter hatred of Israel, and with wicked vindictiveness had gladly helped Babylon crush Jerusalem in 587 BC. Therefore, Edom itself will be crushed. It will suffer the slaughter it made Jerusalem suffer. Its people will be... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 35:3

the Lord GOD . Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah . See note on Ezekiel 2:4 . Behold . Figure of speech Asterismos . App-6 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 35:5

a perpetual hatred = a hatred of old. children = sons. by the forms = by the hands of: "hands" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Effect), App-6 , for the slaughter wrought by thorn. that their iniquity had an end : or, in the time of the final punishment for their iniquity. iniquity. Hebrew ` avah . App-44 . read more

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