Ezekiel 35
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1Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3and tell it, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you. I will make you a desolation and an astonishment. 4I will lay your cities waste, and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. 5“‘“Because you have had a perpetual hostility, 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; 6therefore, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I will prepare you for blood, and blood will pursue you. Since you have not hated blood, therefore blood will pursue you. 7Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation. I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns. 8I will fill its mountains with its slain. The slain with the sword will fall in your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses. 9I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. 10“‘“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries will be mine, and we will possess it;’ whereas Yahweh was there: 11therefore, 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 judge you. 12You will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They have been laid desolate. They have been given us to devour.’ 13You have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me. I have heard it.” 14Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. 15As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so will I do to you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
World English Bible (public domain)
“As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
Ezekiel 35:15
Summary
Ezekiel 35 is a prophetic oracle against Mount Seir and the Edomites. The chapter begins with God commanding Ezekiel to prophesy against Mount Seir, symbolizing the hostility between Edom and Israel. God's judgment is declared because of Edom's perpetual enmity and bloodshed against the Israelites, demonstrating their culmination of hatred during Israel’s calamity. The text speaks to the divine principle of retributive justice, where the violence Edom inflicted will be returned upon them. In the broader biblical narrative, this passage highlights God's defense of His covenant people and His ultimate justice against the oppressors. The prophecy concludes with the assurance that Edom’s desolation will make the Israelites understand that He is the Lord, emphasizing God's sovereignty over all nations.
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