Ezekiel 35:2

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 the greatest enmity toward God's people, is the ideal scene of the final judgments on all God's foes. "Seir" [ See`iyr (H8165)] means shaggy, alluding to its rugged hills and forests; and originally to Esau, the ancestor of Edom, having been from the womb "hairy" (the same Hebrew is here...

1-9 All who have God against them, have the word of God against them. Those that have a constant hatred to God and his people, as the carnal mind has, can only expect to be made desolate for ever....

Verse Ezekiel 35:2. _SET THY FACE AGAINST MOUNT SEIR_] That is, against the _Edomites_. This prophecy was probably delivered about the time of the preceding, and before the destruction of Idumea by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place about _five years after_. _Calmet_ supposes that _two destructions of Idumea_ are here foretold; one by Nebuchadnezzar, and the other by the _Jews_ after their return from their captivity....

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 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,...

SON OF MAN SET THY FACE AGAINST MOUNT SEIR,.... Which had its name from Seir the Horite, who first possessed it; and was succeeded in it by Esau and his posterity, the Edomites; see Genesis 36:8 Deuteronomy 2:12, so that the country of Edom or Idumea is here intended, and the inhabitants of it; who are put for the enemies of the church and people of God in general, as these were the enemies of Israel and Judah; and particularly for Rome, which, as it was spiritually called Egypt and Sodom, so it may be called Edom, as it often is by the Jews: now the prophet is bid to turn his face towards this mountain or country, and look sternly at it, and severely threaten it. The Targum is, "take up a prophecy against it;'' which is expressed in the next clause: and prophes

CHAPTER S 35-36 Judgment Announced and Israel's Final Restoration Promised _ 1. The message against Mount Seir and Idumea (Ezekiel 35:1) _ 2. The message of comfort to Israel (Ezekiel 36:1) Ezekiel 35:1. This is another judgment message, which is closely related to the coming restoration of Israel. When the Lord is merciful to His people and bestows upon them the promised blessings, He will also deal with their enemies in judgment. Edom was the most bitter enemy of Israel, their blood-relation. The judgment threatened here was executed upon Edom; but it has a prophetic meaning of the judgment which is in store for the enemies of God's people when the times of the Gentiles end and God ar

EZEKIEL 35 F. THE OCCUPATION OF THE LAND. Indispensable to the restoration of Israel is the possession of Canaan Israel's land and Yahweh's land (Ezekiel 35:10). EZEKIEL 35 F. THE DESTRUCTION OF EDOM. The land had at the time been threatened, if not actually overrun, by the Edomites (Ezekiel 35:2; Mount Seir=Edom), between whom and Israel there had been from time immemorial a persistent hereditary feud (Ezekiel 35:5; _cf._ Genesis 27:40). Possibly the land, including the old northern and southern kingdoms (Ezekiel 35:10), had been g

SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. MOUNT SEIR i.e. Edom. Compare Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 25:12. Ch. 35 is introductory. Compare Ezekiel 36:5, preparing the way for the reoccupation by Israel....

The Land After the review of the dark history of the "shepherds" of the people in the past and the promise of the good shepherd who shall rule the restored community, securing protection and peace to them for ever, there follows a similar oracle in regard to the Land of Israel. The passage has three divisions: First, Ch. 35. Negatively, a threat against Edom. Edom had shewn despite to the people all through their history: particularly, first, it had expressed malicious joy over the desolation of the country at the time of its great calamity, which it had helped forward (Ezekiel 35:5_; Ezekiel 35:11_); and secondly, it had arrogated to itself the right to take possession of the country, though it was Jehovah's abode ...

SET THY FACE AGAINST MOUNT SEIR— That is, _Edom._ This prophesy is manifestly of the same year with the foregoing; for it is posterior to the siege of Jerusalem, and it precedes the desolation of Edom, which happened about the fifth year after the taking of Jerusalem. I am of opinion, says Calmet, that the prophet marks out here two disgraces of Edom, the one by Nebuchadrezzar, the other by the Jews after their return from captivity. The latter is described here more particularly than the former. The prophet says, that as the Idumeans had hated their own blood, they should be persecuted by their own blood; that is, by the Israelites, their brethren. See Ezekiel 35:6. He says afterwards, Ezekiel 35:14 that their country should be made desolate at the time when all _the land should rejoice:_ which