Ezekiel 35:15
13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
- ASV
- As thou didst rejoice over 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 Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
- DARBY
- As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolated, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be a desolation, O mount Seir, and all Edom, the whole of it: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
- BLB
- According to your rejoicing at the inheritance of the house of Israel, upon that it has become desolate, so will I do to you! You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all of Edom—all of it—and they will know that I [am] YHWH.
- ÅB
- Som du gledet deg fordi Israelslektens arv ble ødelagt, slik vil jeg gjøre mot deg; en ørken skal Se'ir-fjellet og hele, hele Edom bli, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.
[^1]: Juda og Israel. - OTB
- Som du gledet deg da arven til Israels hus ble ødelagt, slik vil jeg gjøre mot deg. Du skal bli en ødeleggelse, Se'ir-fjellet, og hele Edom, alt sammen. Da skal de kjenne at jeg er Herren.’”
- B1930
- Som du gledet dig fordi Israelættens arv blev ødelagt, således vil jeg gjøre mot dig; en ørken skal Se'ir-fjellet og hele, hele Edom bli, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 35:3–4
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:5–6
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Read in contextLamentations 4:21
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
Read in contextObadiah 1:12
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
Read in contextPsalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Read in contextObadiah 1:15
For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
Read in contextEzekiel 35:9
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:2–5
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
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