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Ezekiel Chapter 35 (WEB)

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Ezekiel 35 - Mount Seir Condemned for Perpetual Hatred
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1 Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

2 Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

3 and tell it, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.

4 I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

5 Because you have had a perpetual enmity, and have given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;

6 therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will prepare you to blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.

7 Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns.

8 I will fill its mountains with its slain: in your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses shall they fall who are slain with the sword.

9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

10 Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Yahweh was there:

11 therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will do according to your anger, and according to your envy which you have shown out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge you.

12 You shall know that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

13 You have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.

14 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

15 As you did rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ezekiel 35 about?
It's a judgment oracle against Mount Seir (Edom) for its 'perpetual hatred' and violence toward Israel in the time of their calamity.
What is Edom accused of wanting in verse 10?
Edom said 'these two nations and these two countries shall be mine,' claiming Israel's land as its own even though 'the LORD was there.'
How does the chapter describe Edom's punishment in verses 7-9?
God says he will make Mount Seir 'most desolate,' filling its mountains, hills, and valleys with the slain, and cutting off anyone who passes through it, a hostility toward Jerusalem's fall also condemned in Psalms 137:7.

Today's Verse

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 17:2 | ASV

Verse Of The Day

Verse 12's charge that the LORD 'heard all thy blasphemies' spoken against the mountains of Israel connects to Edom's gloating condemned in Psalms 137:7. Once Seir's desolation is pronounced, the oracle turns to Israel's own mountains restored in Ezekiel 36.