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Ezekiel 35:4

Judgment

2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

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.

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

5 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:

6 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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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
I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
KJV
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
WEB
I will lay your cities waste, and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
ASV
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
DARBY
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah.
BLB
I will make your cities a ruin, and you will become a desolation. And you will know that I [am] YHWH.
ÅB
Dine byer vil jeg gjøre til grushoper, og du selv skal bli til en ørken, og du skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.
OTB
Jeg vil gjøre dine byer til ruiner, og du skal bli en ødeleggelse. Da skal du kjenne at jeg er Herren.
B1930
Dine byer vil jeg gjøre til grushoper, og du selv skal bli til en ørken, og du skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 35:9

    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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  • Malachi 1:3–4

    And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

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  • Exodus 14:4

    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.

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  • Ezekiel 35:12

    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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  • Joel 3:19

    Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

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  • Exodus 9:14

    For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

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  • Ezekiel 6:6–7

    In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.

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