Tree of Life Version
Ezekiel 35:2
2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it.
Ezekiel 35:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
- New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir; prophesy against it
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
Context of Ezekiel 35:2
1The word of Adonai came to me saying: “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it. 3Say to it, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand over you and make you utterly desolate. 4I will lay your cities waste. You will be devastated. So you will know that I am Adonai.
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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם שִׂ֥ים פָּנֶ֖יךָ עַל־הַ֣ר שֵׂעִ֑יר וְהִנָּבֵ֖א עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 35:2
- Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy to them.
- Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face toward Teman and proclaim to the South. Prophesy against the brush land of the Negev.
- Ezekiel 25:2“Son of man, set your face toward the children of Ammon and prophesy against them.
- Isaiah 50:7For Adonai Elohim will help Me. Therefore I have not been disgraced. Therefore I set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.
- Ephesians 6:19And pray for me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
- Ezekiel 25:8Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘See, the house of Judah is like all the other nations!’
- Genesis 32:3Then Jacob said when he saw them, “This is God’s camp,” and he named that place Mahanaim.
- Genesis 36:8So Esau lived in Mount Seir (Esau is Edom).
- Deuteronomy 2:5Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land—not even a footprint—because I have given the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession.
- Joshua 24:4then to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it as his own, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 20:10“Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir—whose land You did not allow Israel to invade when they came from the land of Egypt, instead they turned aside from them and did not destroy them—
- 2 Chronicles 25:11Amaziah then took courage and leading his army, marched to the Valley of Salt. He struck down 10,000 men of Seir.
- Ezekiel 25:12Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Because Edom has taken severe vengeance against the house of Judah and has grievously offended by taking revenge upon them,
- Ezekiel 32:29“Edom is there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those slain by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the Pit.
- Psalms 83:3For look, Your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate You lift up their head.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 35:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Set thy face against Mount Seir - That is, against the Edomites. This prophecy was probably delivered about the time of the preceding, and before the destruction of Idumea by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place about five years after. Calmet supposes that two destructions of Idumea are here foretold; one by Nebuchadnezzar, and the other by the Jews after their return from their captivity.Read the comment
- 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
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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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