Ezekiel 35:1 - Exposition

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. As no date is given, the present oracle, extending to the close of Ezekiel 36:15 , may be assumed to have been communicated to and delivered by the prophet in immediate succession to the foregoing, with which it has also an intimate connection. Having announced the future restoration of Israel, as Jehovah's flock, to her own land under the leadership of Jehovah's servant David, who should feed them like a shepherd and rule them like a prince ( Ezekiel 34:13 , Ezekiel 34:23 , Ezekiel 34:24 ), the prophet proceeds to contemplate the existing hindrance to this return in the occupation of Palestine by the Edomites, who had probably been allowed by the Chaldeans to take possession of it in payment of services rendered by them against Judah in the siege of Jerusalem—to predict the entire removal of this hindrance. ( Ezekiel 36:1-15 ), and to administer to Israel the comfort which, as a consequence, would ensue ( Ezekiel 36:1-15 ).