Ezekiel 35:9

Ezekiel 35:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)I will make you desolate forever; your towns will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will make you perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; then you shall know that I am the Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 35:9

7I 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. 8I 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. 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. 10“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, 11therefore, 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 35:9 word by word

שִֽׁמְמ֤וֹת עוֹלָם֙ אֶתֶּנְךָ֔ וְעָרֶ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תָשֹׁ֑בְנָה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• thee perpetualעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• desolationsשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• and thy citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• shall not returnיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• shall not returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and ye shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 35:9

• Ezekiel 35:4I will destroy your cities And you will become a wasteland. Then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 25:13therefore thus says the Lord God, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and I will cut off and destroy man and beast. I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
• Jeremiah 49:17“Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who goes by it will be astonished and shall hiss [scornfully] at all its plagues and disasters.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, The God of Israel, “Moab will in fact become like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, A land possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And what is left of My nation will inherit them [as their own].”
• Malachi 1:3but [in comparison with My love for Jacob] I have hated Esau (Edom), and I have made his mountains a wasteland, and have given his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.”
• Ezekiel 6:7The slain will fall among you, then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 7:4For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will repay you for your evil ways, while your abominations are among you; and you will know (recognize, understand) [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.’
• Ezekiel 36:11I will multiply on you man and animal; and they will increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly, and I will do better [things] for you than at your beginning. Then you will know [with great confidence] that I am the Lord.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 35:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Perpetual desolations - Thou shalt have perpetual desolation for thy perpetual hatred.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Return - Or, “be inhabited.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-10The ancient hatred of Edom for Israel began with their ancestors, Esau and Jacob (see Genesis 25:19–34; 27:1–46; Numbers 20:14–21; 24:18; 2 Samuel 8:13–14; 1 Kings 11:14). Because of this hatred, the Edomites took advantage of Babylon’s destruction of Jerusalem. They attacked the Israelites when they were weak and helpless. They tried to destroy the descendants of Jacob and take the lands of Israel and Judah. The Edomites enjoyed killing the Israelites…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. shall not return--to their former state (Eze 16:55); shall not be restored. The Hebrew text (Chetib) reads, "shall not be inhabited" (compare Eze 26:20; Mal 1:3, 4).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 35:9

• Edomites

In the dictionaries

• Edom
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Ezekiel
• Negeb
• Obadiah, Book of

Commentaries on Ezekiel 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings