Ezekiel 35:11
in Ezekiel 35therefore 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.
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This verse in Ezekiel 35
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis 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
(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
): 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 & Brown1802–1910
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.
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.
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֣ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| חַי־ | chai- | [by] [the] life | H2416 → | 498 times |
| אָ֗נִי | ʾani | of me | H589 → | 874 times |
| נְאֻם֮ | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִה֒ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| וְעָשִׂ֗יתִי | veasiti | and I will act | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כְּאַפְּךָ֙ | keapekha | according to anger your | H639 → | 276 times |
| וּכְקִנְאָ֣תְךָ֔ | ukhekinatekha | and according to jealousy your | H7068 → | 43 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשִׂ֔יתָה | ʾasitah | you did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִשִּׂנְאָתֶ֖יךָ | misinateikha | from hatred<s> your | H8135 → | |
| בָּ֑ם | bam | with them | ||
| וְנוֹדַ֥עְתִּי | venoda'ti | and I will make myself known | H3045 → | 945 times |
| בָ֖ם | vam | among them | ||
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | <just> when | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֶשְׁפְּטֶֽךָ׃ | ʾeshpetekha | I will judge you | H8199 → | 202 times |
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 stopsEach 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 7:2For 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;
- James 2:13
Through
Amos 1:11This 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.
- Ezekiel 25:12–14
Through
Psalms 137:7Remember, 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.
- Jeremiah 49:7–22
About Ezekiel

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.
