Ezekiel 35:15
in Ezekiel 35As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
KJV
As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 35
Commentary
7 notes on this verseSo will I do unto thee - Others shall rejoice in thy downfall as thou hast rejoiced at their downfall. This whole chapter strongly inculcates this maxim: Do as thou wouldst be done by; and what thou wouldst not have done to thee, do not to others. And from it we learn that every man may, in some sort, be said to make his own temporal good or evil; for as he does to others, God will take care to do to him, whether it be evil or good, weal or wo. Would you not be slandered or backbitten?
This site's exposition
While the whole earth rejoices
on Ezekiel 35:14-15
As Edom rejoiced over Israel's desolation, so Edom becomes the desolation, named twice, by Mount Seir and by all Idumea, the same region's later name. The recognition formula gives the chapter's last word, judgment and self-knowledge tied together as everywhere else in the book.
This site's exposition
the inheritance of the house of Israel
Inheritance names the land as a family holding the LORD allotted to Israel's tribes, never to be sold away. Edom rejoiced at the loss of land it had never owned. Deuteronomy 2:5 had given Seir to Esau and forbidden Israel to take it.
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 Awakening3 voices
It was a national sin (the blasphemies charged upon them were the sense and language of all the Edomites), and therefore shall be punished with a national desolation.
5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord G OD , I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
When the whole earth rejoices when I claim My kingdom, for then the whole earth will rejoice, as the idea is stated (Ps.:1): “The Lord has reigned; the earth will exult.” Then I will make you a desolation.
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
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּשִׂמְחָ֨תְךָ֜ | kesimchatekha | according to rejoicing your | H8057 → | |
| לְנַחְלַ֧ת | lenachlat | to [the] inheritance of | H5159 → | 222 times |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עַ֥ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁמֵ֖מָה | shamemah | it had been desolated | H8074 → | 86 times |
| כֵּ֣ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אֶעֱשֶׂה־ | ʾeeseh- | I will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָּ֑ךְ | lakh | to you | ||
| שְׁמָמָ֨ה | shemamah | a desolation | H8077 → | 57 times |
| תִֽהְיֶ֤ה | tihyeh | you will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַר־ | har- | O mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| שֵׂעִיר֙ | seir | Seir | H8165 → | 39 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֱד֣וֹם | ʾedom | Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
| כֻּלָּ֔הּ | kulah | all of it | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| וְיָדְע֖וּ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
כְּשִׂמְחָ֨תְךָ֜according to rejoicing your
kesimchatekhaH8057 →
לְנַחְלַ֧תto [the] inheritance of
lenachlatH5159 →222 times
בֵּֽית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עַ֥לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׁמֵ֖מָהit had been desolated
shamemahH8074 →86 times
כֵּ֣ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
אֶעֱשֶׂה־I will do
ʾeeseh-H6213 →2628 times
לָּ֑ךְto you
lakh
שְׁמָמָ֨הa desolation
shemamahH8077 →57 times
תִֽהְיֶ֤הyou will be
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
הַר־O mountain of
har-H2022 →546 times
שֵׂעִיר֙Seir
seirH8165 →39 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
אֱד֣וֹםEdom
ʾedomH123 →99 times
כֻּלָּ֔הּall of it
kulahH3605 →5413 times
וְיָדְע֖וּand they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פ[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
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
- 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…
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.
- 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,
- 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?
- Obadiah 1:10–14
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
- Amos 1:11
Through
Obadiah 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their…
it leads to
- Proverbs 17:5
He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Micah 4:11
But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
- Proverbs 24:17–18
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
- Proverbs 17:5
About Ezekiel
Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.