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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 35:9

7I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go. 8And I will fill its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain with the sword shall fall. I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 10"Because you said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them'—although the Lord was there— 11therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And I will make myself known among them, when I judge 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 lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 25:13therefore thus says the Lord God, I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.
• Jeremiah 49:17"Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore, as I live," declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, "Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them."
• Malachi 1:3but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert."
• Ezekiel 6:7And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 7:4And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but I will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 36:11And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know 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