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Ezekiel 35:11

in Ezekiel 35

therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast showed out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.

KJV

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, 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.

This verse in Ezekiel 35

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

These two nations and countries will be ours

on Ezekiel 35:10-13

Edom's crime widens from hostility to acquisitive claim, treating the fallen kingdoms of Israel and Judah as territory for the taking. The text answers the claim by naming God's prior stake in the land, “even though the LORD was there”. The boastful words are heard directly, “I heard it Myself”.

This site's exposition

the anger and jealousy you showed

Jealousy here is envy, Edom's lasting resentment of the brother who received the birthright and the blessing in Genesis 27. The LORD repays those same passions in kind. Israel will know Him when He judges Edom.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Chapter 35) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, and say to it, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

): I will make myself known among them when I have judged thee. The Lord is and will be known by the judgments which he executes. (2.) His intention shall be fully answered; not only his own people shall be made to know it to their comfort, but even the Edomites themselves, and all the other enemies of his name and people, shall know that he is the Lord,

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Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord,.... An oath, as before in Eze 35:6, I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them: as thou hast been angry with them, and hated them, and done mischief to them, so will I be angry with thee, and hate thee, and inflict punishment on thee; I will retaliate all the anger, envy, and hatred showed unto my people, and punish thee according to thy just demerits.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Israel . . . against me--God regards what is done against His people as done against Himself (Mt 25:45; Edom implied, if he did not express it, in his taunts against Israel, that God had not sufficient power to protect His people. A type of the spirit of all the foes of God and His people (1Sa 2:3;

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

I shall commit [acts] like your [acts of] wrath like the [acts of] wrath that you exerted against Israel, I will exert against you.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezekiel 35:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Because you said, 'These two nations and these two provinces are mine, and I will inherit them!'—yet before Hashem the thoughts of the heart are revealed.
Targum · Targum Jonathan on Ezekiel 35:10, via Sefaria, Sefaria Community Translation

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לָכֵ֣ן<to> therefore

    lakhenH3651 →771 times

  • חַי־[by] [the] life

    chai-H2416 →498 times

  • אָ֗נִיof me

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • נְאֻם֮[the] utterance of

    neumH5002 →376 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִה֒Yahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

  • וְעָשִׂ֗יתִיand I will act

    veasitiH6213 →2628 times

  • כְּאַפְּךָ֙according to anger your

    keapekhaH639 →276 times

  • וּכְקִנְאָ֣תְךָ֔and according to jealousy your

    ukhekinatekhaH7068 →43 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשִׂ֔יתָהyou did

    ʾasitahH6213 →2628 times

  • מִשִּׂנְאָתֶ֖יךָfrom hatred<s> your

    misinateikhaH8135 →

  • בָּ֑םwith them

    bam

  • וְנוֹדַ֥עְתִּיand I will make myself known

    venoda'tiH3045 →945 times

  • בָ֖םamong them

    vam

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר<just> when

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • אֶשְׁפְּטֶֽךָ׃I will judge you

    ʾeshpetekhaH8199 →202 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 7:2

    For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

    it leads to

    • James 2:13

      For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

    • Mark 4:24

      He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.

    • Obadiah 1:15

      For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

    • Luke 6:38

      Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured…

    • Psalms 18:25–26

      To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

  • Through

    Amos 1:11

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 25:12–14

      This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Psalms 137:7

    Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 49:7–22

      Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Lamentations 4:21–22

      So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.