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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall 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.

Context of Ezekiel 35:9

7Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. 8And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am Yhwh. 10Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Yhwh was there: 11Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Yhwh, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

Ezekiel 35:9 word by word

שִֽׁמְמ֤וֹת עוֹלָם֙ אֶתֶּנְךָ֔ וְעָרֶ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תָשֹׁ֑בְנָה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• 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
• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 35:9

• Ezekiel 35:4I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am Yhwh.
• Ezekiel 25:13Therefore thus saith the Lord Yhwh; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
• Jeremiah 49:17Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
• Zephaniah 2:9Therefore as I live, saith Yhwh of Armies, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
• Malachi 1:3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
• Ezekiel 6:7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am Yhwh.
• Ezekiel 7:4And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am Yhwh.
• Ezekiel 36:11And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am Yhwh.

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