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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return.

Context of Ezekiel 35:7

5“ ‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax, 6therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off from it all who come and go. 8I will fill your mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines. 9I will make you desolate forever; your towns will not be inhabited. 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 35:3and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
• Ezekiel 29:11The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years.
• Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a leopard will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out, for their rebellion is great and their backslidings many.
• 2 Chronicles 15:5In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil.

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
• 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