English Standard Version
Ezekiel 35:2
2"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Ezekiel 35:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
- New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir; prophesy against it
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Son of man, turn and face Mount Seir, and prophesy against its people.
Context of Ezekiel 35:2
1The word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste. 4I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֥ים פָּנֶ֖יךָ עַל־הַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֑יר וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 35:2
- Ezekiel 6:2"Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
- Ezekiel 20:46"Son of man, set your face toward the southland; preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb.
- Ezekiel 21:2"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
- Ezekiel 25:2"Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
- Isaiah 50:7But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
- Ephesians 6:19and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,
- Ezekiel 25:8"Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir said, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,'
- Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,
- Genesis 36:8So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. (Esau is Edom.)
- Deuteronomy 2:5Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
- Joshua 24:4And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 20:10And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy—
- 2 Chronicles 25:11But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir.
- Ezekiel 25:12"Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance on them,
- Ezekiel 32:29"Edom is there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.
- Psalms 83:3They lay crafty plans against your people; they consult together against your treasured ones.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 35:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Set thy face against Mount Seir - That is, against the Edomites. This prophecy was probably delivered about the time of the preceding, and before the destruction of Idumea by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place about five years after. Calmet supposes that two destructions of Idumea are here foretold; one by Nebuchadnezzar, and the other by the Jews after their return from their captivity.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15This message of judgment is directed to Edom, Israel’s neighbor to the southeast. It is also called Mount Seir, the main mountain region of Edom. Edom stands as a symbol of all Israel’s enemies. For example, Edom rejoiced when Israel fell (Ezekiel 36:2; see also 25:12–14). When Babylon destroyed Judah, Edom may have thought it had a chance to grow stronger. However, the Lord said that its success would not last long.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-15Another feature of Israel's prosperity; those who exulted over Israel's humiliation, shall themselves be a "prey." Already stated in Eze 25:12-14; properly repeated here in full detail, as a commentary on Eze 34:28. The Israelites "shall be no more a prey"; but Edom, the type of their most bitter foes, shall be destroyed irrecoverably. 2. Mount Seir--that is, Idumea (Ge 36:9). Singled out as badly pre-eminent in its bitterness against God's people, to…Read the comment
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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
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