Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 35:7-12
Ezekiel 35:7-12. Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate Hebrew, לשׁממה ושׁממה , a desolation and a desolation, or, a desolation and an astonishment, as Bishop Newton renders it, following the reading of several MSS. And cut off from it him that passeth out, &c. No travellers shall go forward or backward in it with safety: see the margin. And thy cities shall not return Thy cities shall not be restored to thee again. This was exactly fulfilled; for the Nabatheans having driven... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:13
Boasting against God. Edom had ignored the presence of God ( Ezekiel 35:10 ). Now she has gone further, and boasted against God. This is a sign either of heathenish darkness that does not know God, or of willful rebellion that proudly rises up against him, or of both. I. THE BOAST OF IGNORANCE . Men who forget God boast themselves: 1. In thought . Man looks very big when God is left out of sight. The hill is a grand sight to one who has not seen an Alp. The worship of... read more