Thematic Bible




Ezekiel 35:1 (show verse)

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 35:2 (show verse)

“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir (Edom), and prophesy against it

Ezekiel 35:3 (show verse)

and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord God,

“Behold, Mount Seir, I am against you,
And I will stretch out My hand against you
And make you completely desolate.

Ezekiel 35:4 (show verse)


“I will destroy your cities
And you will become a wasteland.
Then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 35:5 (show verse)

Because you [descendants of Esau] have had an everlasting hatred [for Jacob (Israel)] and you handed over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their tragedy, at the time of their final punishment [the Babylonian conquest],

Ezekiel 35:6 (show verse)

therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will hand you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you since you have not hated bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

Ezekiel 35:7 (show verse)

I will make Mount Seir (Edom) a ruin and a desolate wasteland and I will cut off from it the one who passes through it and the one who returns.

Ezekiel 35:8 (show verse)

I will fill its mountains with its slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

Ezekiel 35:9 (show verse)

I will make you an everlasting desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 35:10 (show verse)

“Because you [descendants of Esau] have said, ‘These two nations [Israel and Judah] and these two lands shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,’ although the Lord was there,

Ezekiel 35:11 (show verse)

therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will deal with you in accordance with the anger and envy you showed because of your hatred for them; and I will make Myself known among them [as Judge] when I judge and punish you.

Ezekiel 35:12 (show verse)

Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all your scornful speeches which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They have been made a wasteland; they have been given to us as food.’

Ezekiel 35:13 (show verse)

So you have boasted and spoken arrogantly against Me, and have multiplied your words against Me; I have heard it.”

Ezekiel 35:14 (show verse)

Thus says the Lord God, “While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you a wasteland.

Ezekiel 35:15 (show verse)

As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you; you will be a desolate waste, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”’