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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 35:6

Verse Ezekiel 35:6. Blood shall pursue thee] Thou lovest blood, and thou shalt have blood. It is said that Cyrus and two hundred thousand men were slain in an ambush by Thomyris, queen of the Scythians, and that she cut off his head, and threw it into a vessel filled with blood, with this severe sarcasm: -

Satia te sanguine quem sitisti, Cyre.

"O Cyrus, now satisfy thyself with blood."

Hence, the figure: -

"Sarcasmus, with this biting taunt doth kill:

Cyrus, thy thirst was blood, now drink thy fill."

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See also Ezekiel 35:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _prepare thee unto blood_ MAKE THEE BLOOD (cf. Ezekiel 16:38, and on Ezekiel 34:26), i.e. all blood give thee over to universal slaughter. The clause "I will … pursue thee" is wanting in LXX. _sith th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LAND OF ISRAEL IN THE FUTURE Ezekiel 35 is an introduction to Ezekiel 36, the connexion being shown by Ezekiel 36:5. The claim of Edom to the land having been repudiated ...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL PREPARE THEE UNTO BLOOD. — Rather, _I will make thee blood._ There is here a play upon the name of Edom in the original: I will make thee _dom_ (_=_blood); Edom itself means _red._ The latter p...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לָכֵ֣ן חַי ־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה כּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    JEHOVAH'S LAND Ezekiel 35:1; Ezekiel 36:1 THE teaching of this important passage turns on certain ideas regarding the land of Canaan which enter very deeply into the religion of Israel. These ideas a...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The prophet next described the new order by contrasting Mount Seir with the mountains of Israel. Jehovah announced Himself as against Mount Seir, and as stretching out His hand in order to make it a d...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee to blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not (c) hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. (c) Except you repent your fo...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We have here the Lord's awful sentence, upon Mount Seir, that is Esau's heritage; and the reason is assigned, namely, his hatred to Israel. Some have thought, and no doubt upon good grounds, that what...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Moreover, the word of the Lord_, &c. “The prophet goes on to show, that the same reason which would operate in favour of the Jews, would not operate in favour of the heathen; especially not in favour...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AGAINST THE ENMITY OF EDOM...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 35:1 Ezekiel now turns his focus to Mount Seir (ch. Ezekiel 35:1) and the mountains of Israel ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 35:5 Edom is treated here much as Israel was in ch. Ezekiel 6:1. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 35:1 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...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    CHAPTER 35. THE JUDGMENT OF EDOM. SUPERFICIAL readers will be disposed to ask, What has Edom to do here? The Lord's judgment has already been pronounced against Edom (chap. Ezekiel 25:12-14), among t...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 35 he makes a prophecy against Mount Seir. Mount Seir was the area inhabited by the Edomites. And the Edomites were descendents of Esau, the twin brother of Jacob. But the Edomites, you...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 63:2; Matthew 7:2; Obadiah 1:15; Psalms 109:16; Psalms 109:17

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And blood — Thy guilt, and my just revenge of innocent blood. Hast not hated — Thou hast loved, rather than hated, blood — shed; therefore vengeance for it follows thee....

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