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Ezekiel 35
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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.
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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:
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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.
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Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
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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.
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I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
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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.
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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.
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Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
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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.
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Chapter Study & Analysis
Overview
Ezekiel 35 - Against Mount Seir: A prophecy against Edom for their "perpetual hatred" and for attempting to seize Israel’s land during the desolation. God promises to make Mount Seir a perpetual desolation.
THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
1. Perpetual Hatred: God judges the long-term, ancestral bitterness that Edom held against Israel.2. Land Greed: They tried to claim the "two nations" (Israel and Judah) for themselves, ignoring that "the Lord was there" (v. 10).
3. Lex Talionis: As Edom delighted in blood, blood will pursue them.
Practical Lessons
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. The Danger of Bitterness: Holding onto ancient grudges leads to a "desolation" of the soul.
2. God’s Presence as Protection: The land was safe not because of its walls, but because of God's presence.
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. The Danger of Bitterness: Holding onto ancient grudges leads to a "desolation" of the soul.2. God’s Presence as Protection: The land was safe not because of its walls, but because of God's presence.