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

7Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth. 8And I will fill its mountains with its slain: in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy watercourses shall they fall that are slain with the sword. I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. 10Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there: 11therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast showed out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.

Ezekiel 35:9 word by word

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

• makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• inhabitedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Ezekiel 35:9

• Ezekiel 35:4I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 25:13therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, I will stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
• Jeremiah 49:17And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
• Malachi 1:3but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
• Ezekiel 6:7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 7:4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 36:11and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

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