Ezekiel 35:3

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 that the Edomites are to be utterly destroyed. A remnant of Edom, as of the other pagan, is to be "called by the name of God" (, "That they (the Israelites) may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the pagan which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this")....

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 35:3. _MOST DESOLATE._] Literally, "A desolation and a wilderness....

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,...

AND SAY UNTO IT, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... The prophet was not upon the spot, and could not direct his speech immediately to the Edomites; but he might send this prophecy to their ambassadors at Babylon; or in a letter to them in their own land, in the name of the Lord: BEHOLD, O MOUNT SEIR, I AM AGAINST THEE: not the face of the prophet only, but the face of God himself was against them; and a terrible thing it is for any to have God to be against them, whether a nation, or a particular person. The Targum is, "behold, I send my fury upon thee:'' AND I WILL STRETCH OUT MINE HAND AGAINST THEE; which was able to reach them wherever they were: and which, being stretched out, cannot be turned back; and, where it lights, falls heavy indeed; namely, his mighty hand of power and wrath. The Targum is, "and I will lift up the stroke of my power upon thee;'' that is, lift up his hand and s...

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

THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6....

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 ...

III. REMOVAL OF NATIONAL ENEMIES 35:1-15 (1) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (2) Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it. (3) and say unto it: Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out My hand against you, and I will make you an utter desolation. (4) I will lay waste Your cities, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the Lord. (5) Because you have had an ancient hatred, and you have given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword, in the time of their calamity, in the time of their iniquity of the end. (6) Therefore, as I live (oracle of the Lord GOD), surely I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; surely you hate blood, and blood shall pursue you. (7) And I will make mount Seir an utter desolation, and I will cut off from it travelers.[456] (8) And I...