Ezekiel 35:4

Ezekiel 35:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)I will turn your towns into ruins and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I shall lay your cities waste, And you shall be desolate. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 35:4

2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it 3and say to it, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, And I will reach out with My hand against you And make you a desolation and a waste. I will turn your cities to ruins, And you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 5Since you have had everlasting hostility and have turned over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of the punishment of the end, 6therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will certainly doom you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.

Ezekiel 35:4 word by word

עָרֶ֙יךָ֙ חָרְבָּ֣ה אָשִׂ֔ים וְאַתָּ֖ה שְׁמָמָ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֑ה וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• turnשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• your citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• ruinsחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• And you will becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a desolationשְׁמָמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · devastationH8077
• Then you will knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that I am the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 35:4

• Ezekiel 35:9I will make you a permanent desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 6:6Everywhere you live, cities will be in ruins and the high places will be deserted, so that your altars will be in ruins and deserted, your idols will be broken and brought to an end, your incense altars will be cut down, and your works wiped out.
• Joel 3:19Egypt will become a wasteland, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
• Malachi 1:3but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and given his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.”
• Ezekiel 6:7The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
• Exodus 9:14For this time I am going to send all My plagues on you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
• Exodus 14:4And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 35:4

• 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

Topics related to Ezekiel 35:4

• 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