Ezekiel 35:2
in Ezekiel 35“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
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Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
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Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
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This verse in Ezekiel 35
Commentary
5 notes on this verseSet 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.
This site's exposition
the word of the Lord came unto me, saying
on Ezekiel 35:1-4
The oracle turns south to Edom, named here by its ancestral territory, Mount Seir, the hill country given to Esau. Total desolation is announced against the nation that had stood as Israel's oldest rival brother, and the recognition formula names the purpose that runs through every judgment in this book.
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 Awakening1 voice
Son of man set thy face against Mount Seir,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Singled out as badly pre-eminent in its bitterness against God's people, to represent all their enemies everywhere and in all ages. 63:1-4, Edom, the region of the greatest enmity towards God's people, is the ideal scene of the final judgments of all God's foes. "Seir" means "shaggy," alluding to its rugged hills and forests.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | O son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָדָ֕ם | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| שִׂ֥ים | sim | set | H7760 → | 584 times |
| פָּנֶ֖יךָ | paneikha | face your | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַ֣ר | har | [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| שֵׂעִ֑יר | seir | Seir | H8165 → | 39 times |
| וְהִנָּבֵ֖א | vehinave' | and prophesy | H5012 → | 115 times |
| עָלָֽיו׃ | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
בֶּן־O son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אָדָ֕םhumankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
שִׂ֥יםset
simH7760 →584 times
פָּנֶ֖יךָface your
paneikhaH6440 →2123 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַ֣ר[the] mountain of
harH2022 →546 times
שֵׂעִ֑ירSeir
seirH8165 →39 times
וְהִנָּבֵ֖אand prophesy
vehinave'H5012 →115 times
עָלָֽיו׃on it
ʾalavH5921 →5755 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
Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:46
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
- Ezekiel 4:7
You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
- Ezekiel 20:46
Through
Genesis 32:3Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
it leads to
- Joshua 24:4
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
- Genesis 25:30
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
- Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
- Genesis 33:14
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
- Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
- Joshua 24:4
Through
Ezekiel 6:2“Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 19:9
With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 19:9
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).