New English Translation
Ezekiel 35:7
7I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; I will cut off from it the one who passes through or returns.
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
5“‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment. 6Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; I will cut off from it the one who passes through or returns. 8I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall. 9I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Read all of Ezekiel 35Ezekiel 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 sovereign Lord says: “‘Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I will stretch out my hand against you and turn you into a desolate ruin.
- Ezekiel 29:11No human foot will pass through it, and no animal’s foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years.
- Jeremiah 5:6So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.
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
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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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