Ezekiel 35:7

Ezekiel 35:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
• New International Version (NIV)I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off from it all who come and go.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus I will make Mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it the one who leaves and the one who returns.

Context of Ezekiel 35:7

5You have always hated Israel's people. Because of that, you did not help them when their enemy attacked them and killed them. They were in great trouble when I punished them for their sins. 6So I, the Almighty Lord, promise you this, as surely as I live. I will allow your enemies to kill you. If you run away from them, they will chase you and kill you. You were happy to see an enemy kill my people, so an enemy will kill you also. I will make Mount Seir become like a desert where nobody lives. I will destroy anyone who travels through that place. 8Dead bodies will lie all over your mountains. The bodies of men who have died in battle will lie on your hills and in your valleys. 9I will make you a desert for ever and nobody will live in your towns. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 35:7 word by word

וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ אֶת־הַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֔יר לְשִֽׁמְמָ֖ה וּשְׁמָמָ֑ה וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נּוּ עֹבֵ֥ר וָשָֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus will I makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Seirשֵׂעִירώê‛îyr · (Mount) SeirH8165
• mostשִֽׁמְמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · desolationH8077
• desolateשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• and cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from it him that passeth outעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• and him that returnethשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725

Cross-references for Ezekiel 35:7

• Ezekiel 35:3Say to it, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Listen! I am your enemy, Mount Seir. I will attack you, so that you become like a desert.
• Ezekiel 29:11No men or animals will walk through that land. Nobody will live there for 40 years.
• Jeremiah 5:6So lions will come out of the forest to attack them. Wolves will come from the desert to destroy them. Leopards will wait outside their cities. They will kill anyone who goes outside. That will happen because the people have turned against the Lord. They have done many bad things.
• 2 Chronicles 15:5At that time it was not safe to travel very far. There was too much trouble among the people of other countries.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 35:7

• 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. 77. cut off ... him that passeth--that is, every passer to and fro; "the highways shall be unoccupied" (Eze 29:11; Jud 5:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 35:7

• Edomites

In the dictionaries

• Seir
• Seir, sons of Seir, Mount Seir, mountains of Seir, land of Seir
• 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