Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Another feature of Israel's prosperity; those who exulted over Israel's humiliation shall themselves be a "prey." Already stated in Ezekiel 25:12; properly repeated here in full detail as a commentary on , "They shall no more be a prey to the pa... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, MOUNT SEIR - i:e., Idumea (Genesis 36:9). Singled out, as badly preeminent in its bitterness against God's people, to represent all their enemies everywhere and in all ages. So in Isaiah 34:5; Isaiah 63:1, Edom, the region of t... [ Continue Reading ]
And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. MOST DESOLATE - literally, desolation and desolateness, (, etc.) It is only in their national character of foes to God's people th... [ Continue Reading ]
_I WILL LAY THY CITIES WASTE, AND THOU SHALT BE DESOLATE, AND THOU SHALT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: BECAUSE THOU HAST HAD A PERPETUAL HATRED - (; ; Obadiah 1:10). Edom perpetuated the hereditary hatred d... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. I WILL PREPARE THEE UNTO BLOOD - I will expose thee to slaughter. SITH - old English for 'seeing that,' or 'since.' THOU HAST NO... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. THUS WILL ... CUT OFF FROM IT HIM THAT PASSETH - i:e., every passer to and fro; "the highways shall be unoccupied" (; ). A retribution in kind, that she should be "cut off" herself, even a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL FILL HIS MOUNTAINS WITH HIS SLAIN MEN: IN THY HILLS, AND IN THY VALLEYS, AND IN ALL THY RIVERS, SHALL THEY FALL THAT ARE SLAIN WITH THE SWORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. THY CITIES SHALL NOT RETURN - to their former state (Ezekiel 16:55); shall not be restored. [The Hebrew text (Kethibh) reads, 'shall not be inhabited,' tiyshabnaah (cf. Ezekiel 26:20; M... [ Continue Reading ]
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there: BECAUSE THOU HAST SAID, THOSE TWO NATIONS AND THESE TWO COUNTRIES SHALL BE MINE, AND WE WILL POSSESS IT; WHEREAS THE LORD WAS THERE. So far shall Edom be from bein... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. I WILL EVEN DO ACCORDING TO THINE ANGER - (, "He shall have judgme... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. THOU SHALT KNOW ... THAT I HAVE HEARD ALL THY BLASPHEMIES WHICH THOU HAST SPOKEN AGAINST ... ISRA... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. WHEN THE WHOLE EARTH REJOICETH, I WILL MAKE THEE DESOLATE - (Isaiah 65:13). "The whole earth" refers to Judea, and the nations that submit themselves to Judea's God; when these rejoice, the foes of God and His peo... [ Continue Reading ]
As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD. AS THOU DIDST REJOICE AT THE INHERITANCE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, BECAUSE... [ Continue Reading ]