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Joseph Benson

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

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 35:9

return = be rebuilt, or inhabited. ye shall know , Re. See note on Ezekiel 6:7 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 35:7

"Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth. And I will fill its mountains with its slain: in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy watercourses shall they fall that are slain with the sword. I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.""Him that passeth through and him that returneth ..." (Ezekiel 35:7). This is an old... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 35:7

Ezekiel 35:7. And cut off from it him, &c.— And will cut off from it both the traveller and the inhabitant. Houbigant. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 35:9

Ezekiel 35:9. Thy cities shall not return— Thy cities shall not be inhabited. Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 35:7

7. cut off . . . him that passeth—that is, every passer to and fro; "the highways shall be unoccupied" (Ezekiel 29:11; Judges 5:6). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 35:9

9. shall not return—to their former state (Ezekiel 16:55); shall not be restored. The Hebrew text (Chetib) reads, "shall not be inhabited" (compare Ezekiel 26:20; Malachi 1:3; Malachi 1:4). read more

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