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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 35:12

12, 13. blasphemies . . . against . . . Israel . . . against me—God regards what is done against His people as done against Himself (Matthew 25:45; Acts 9:2; Acts 9:4; Acts 9:5). Edom implied, if he did not express it, in his taunts against Israel, that God had not sufficient power to protect His people. A type of the spirit of all the foes of God and His people (1 Samuel 2:3; Revelation 13:6). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 35:1-15

3. Preparation of the Promised Land 35:1-36:15"Each of the next four speeches elaborates an aspect of the peace covenant. Ezekiel 35:1 to Ezekiel 36:15 describes how the foreign plundering nations would be removed and judged in preparation for Israel’s return to her own land. The message in Ezekiel 36:16 to Ezekiel 37:14 provides a beautiful and descriptive account of God’s restoration of Israel to her land. Ezekiel 37:15-28 stresses the full reunion of the nation and the fulfillment of her... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 35:11-13

Therefore, the sovereign Lord swore again (cf. Ezekiel 35:6), He would deal with them with the same anger, envy, and hatred that they had demonstrated toward the Israelites (cf. Ezekiel 36:5-6). People would know that He had done this when He judged them. This would teach them that the Lord had heard the hateful words that the Edomites had spoken against "the mountains of Israel" (cf. Ezekiel 35:2-3; Ezekiel 35:7; Ezekiel 35:15; Ezekiel 36:1; Ezekiel 36:4; Ezekiel 36:8). By speaking against the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 35:1-15

The Land of Israel in the FutureEzekiel 35:0 is an introduction to Ezekiel 36:0, the connexion being shown by Ezekiel 36:5. The claim of Edom to the land having been repudiated (Ezekiel 35:0), its reoccupation by Israel is promised (Eze 36:1-15), and the reason of the restoration is explained (Eze 36:16-38).(a) The Punishment of Edom's Presumption (Ezekiel 35:0)Edom has already been included by Ezekiel among the nations whose humiliation would prepare the way for the restoration of Israel (Eze... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 35:1-38

The Land of Israel in the FutureEzekiel 35 is an introduction to Ezekiel 36, the connexion being shown by Ezekiel 36:5. The claim of Edom to the land having been repudiated (Ezekiel 35), its reoccupation by Israel is promised (Ezekiel 36:1-15), and the reason of the restoration is explained (Ezekiel 36:16-38).(a) The Punishment of Edom’s Presumption (Ezekiel 35)Edom has already been included by Ezekiel among the nations whose humiliation would prepare the way for the restoration of Israel... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 35:12

(12) Blasphemies.—Rather, reproaches. These indeed became, under the circumstances, constructively blasphemies against God; but it is better not to push the meaning further than was intended. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Ezekiel 35:1-15

Ezekiel 35:5-6 See Dickens's description of France, in the first chapter of The Tale of Two Cities: 'Under the guidance of her Christian pastors, she entertained herself with such humane achievements as sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers, and his body burned alive, because he had not kneeled down in the rain to do honour to a dirty procession of monks which passed within his view, at a distance of some fifty or sixty yards. It is likely enough that,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 35:1-15

JEHOVAH’S LANDEzekiel 35:1-15; Ezekiel 36:1-38THE teaching of this important passage turns on certain ideas regarding the land of Canaan which enter very deeply into the religion of Israel. These ideas are no doubt familiar in a general way to all thoughtful readers of the Old Testament; but their full import is scarcely realised until we understand that they are not peculiar to the Bible, but form part of the stock of religious conceptions common to Israel and its heathen neighbours. In the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 35:1-15

CHAPTERS 35-36 Judgment Announced and Israel’s Final Restoration Promised 1. The message against Mount Seir and Idumea (Ezekiel 35:1-15 ) 2. The message of comfort to Israel (Ezekiel 36:1-38 ) Ezekiel 35:1-15 . This is another judgment message, which is closely related to the coming restoration of Israel. When the Lord is merciful to His people and bestows upon them the promised blessings, He will also deal with their enemies in judgment. Edom was the most bitter enemy of Israel, their... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 35:1-15

BROKEN SILENCE Ezekiel’s commission to his own countrymen is now renewed (Ezekiel 33:21-22 ), and evidences a new tone. “Heretofore his functions had been chiefly threatening, but now the evil having reached its worst in the overthrow of Jerusalem, the consolatory element preponderates.” (See Ezekiel 22:11 .) Ezekiel 33:23-29 of the same chapter, have reference to the handful left in Jerusalem after the siege, the best commentary on which is Jeremiah 40-42.Ezekiel 33:30; Ezekiel 33:30 to the... read more

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