Ezekiel 35:15

Ezekiel 35:15 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Because you rejoiced when the inheritance of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir, you and all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom—all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’

Context of Ezekiel 35:15

13You boasted against me with your mouth, and spoke many words against me. I heard it myself! 14“‘This is what the Lord God says: While the whole world rejoices, I will make you a desolation. Just as you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it became a desolation, I will deal the same way with you: you will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and so will all Edom in its entirety. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’

Ezekiel 35:15 word by word

כְּשִׂמְחָ֨תְךָ֜ לְנַחְלַ֧ת בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עַ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמֵ֖מָה כֵּ֣ן אֶעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ שְׁמָמָ֨ה תִֽהְיֶ֤ה הַר־שֵׂעִיר֙ וְכָל־אֱד֣וֹם כֻּלָּ֔הּ וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As thou didst rejoiceשִׂמְחָהώimchâh · joyH8057
• at the inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• because it was desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• so will I doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• unto thee: thou shalt be desolateשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• O mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Seirשֵׂעִירώê‛îyr · (Mount) SeirH8165
• and all Idumeaאֱדוֹם'ĕdôm 'ĕdôm · EdomH123
• all of it: and they shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 35:15

• Ezekiel 36:2This is what the Lord God says: Because the enemy has said about you, “Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,”’
• Psalms 137:7Remember, Lord, what the Edomites said that day at Jerusalem: “Destroy it! Destroy it down to its foundations!”
• Proverbs 17:5The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, and one who rejoices over calamity will not go unpunished.
• Lamentations 4:21So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom, you resident of the land of Uz! Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
• Obadiah 1:12Do not gloat over your brother in the day of his calamity; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction; do not boastfully mock in the day of distress.
• Ezekiel 35:3Say to it, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Look! I am against you, Mount Seir. I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
• Ezekiel 36:5“‘This is what the Lord God says: Certainly in my burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and all of Edom, who took my land as their own possession with wholehearted rejoicing and utter contempt so that its pastureland became plunder.
• Isaiah 34:5When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, it will then come down on Edom and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
• Mark 3:8Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to him because they heard about everything he was doing.
• Ezekiel 35:4I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 39:6“‘I will send fire against Magog and those who live securely on the coasts and islands. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 35:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15So will I do unto thee - Others shall rejoice in thy downfall as thou hast rejoiced at their downfall. This whole chapter strongly inculcates this maxim: Do as thou wouldst be done by; and what thou wouldst not have done to thee, do not to others. And from it we learn that every man may, in some sort, be said to make his own temporal good or evil; for as he does to others, God will take care to do to him, whether it be evil or good, weal or wo. Would you…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-15Verses 10-15 When we see the vanity of the world in the disappointments, losses, and crosses, which others meet with, instead of showing ourselves greedy of worldly things, we should sit more loose to them. In the multitude of words, not one is unknown to God; not the most idle word; and the most daring is not above his rebuke. In the destruction of the enemies of the church, God designs his own glory; and we may be sure that he will not come short of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15The Edomites wrongly thought that God's judgment on his people and his leaving the temple meant his covenant with Israel had ended. The Edomites boasted and elevated themselves above both Israel and the Lord. The God of Israel would not allow such boasting, for he is the ruler of all. His choice of Israel and his gift of the land to them would not be taken back.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. (Ob 12, 15).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Seir
• Edom, Idumaea or Idumea
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Idumaea
• 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