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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:3

Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against thee (cf. Ezekiel 5:8 ; Ezekiel 13:8 ; and contrast Ezekiel 36:9 ), and I will stretch out mine hand against thee (cf. Ezekiel 6:14 ; Ezekiel 14:9 , Ezekiel 14:13 ; Ezekiel 25:7 , 19; and Exodus 7:5 ), and I will make thee most desolate; literally, a desolation and an astonishment (cf. Ezekiel 35:7 ). Against the mountains of Israel had been denounced a similar fate, which the idolatrous remnant that lingered in the laud after the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:6

I will prepare thee unto blood . This peculiar expression was probably selected because of the suggestion of the name Edom ("red") contained in the term dam ("blood")—though Smend doubts this—and designed to intimate that Edom's name would eventually be verified in Edom's fate. And blood shall pursue thee . "As blood-guiltiness invariably pursues a murderer, cries for vengeance, and delivers him up to punishment" (Havernick), so should blood follow in the steps of Edom. The translation... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:7

Thus will I make Mount Seir most desolate ; literally, desolation and a desolation ( שְׁמֲמָּה וּשְׁמָמָה ); or, as in the Revised Version, an astonishment and a desolation; changing שְׁמֲמַה into מְשַׁמָּה , for which, however, there is no sufficient warrant. And I will out off … him that passeth out (or, through ) and him that returneth . No more should traders or travelers pass through the land of Edom or go to and return from it (cf. Ezekiel 33:28 ; Zechariah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:8

And I will fill his mountains with his slain ; literally, pierced through; hence mortally wounded. Then Edom's desolation would result from an exterminating war, which should fill its hills, valleys, and rivers , or rather, water-courses , with slaughtered men (cf. Ezekiel 31:12 ; Ezekiel 32:5 ). The physical features of Edom here specified by the prophet have often been attested by travelers. "Idumea embraces a section of a broad mountain range, extending in breadth from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:9

Thy cities shall not return , as in Ezekiel 16:55 (Authorized Version after the Keri); or, shall not be inhabited , as in Ezekiel 26:20 ; Ezekiel 29:11 ; Ezekiel 36:33 ( LXX . and Revised Version, both of which follow the Chethib). Hengstenberg's translation, "Thy cities shall not sit," but lie prostrate, is not extremely happy. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 35:1

In Ezek. 35–36 we see the devastation of Edom, and the restoration of Israel. Edom was included among the nations against which Ezekiel prophesied Ezekiel 25:12-14. But its fuller doom was reserved for this place, because Edom was one of the surrounding nations that profited at first by Judah’s fall, and because it helps by way of contrast to bring out in a marked way the better future designed for Israel. Edom is the God-hating, God-opposing power, ever distinguished for its bitter hatred... read more

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