You will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They have been laid desolate. They have been given us to devour.’
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You will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They have been laid desolate. They have been given us to devour.’
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And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
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And thou shalt know that I the LORD have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying: They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Ezekiel 35:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 36:2 The Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because the enemy has said against you, “Aha!” and, “The ancient high places are ours in possession!” ’
- Psalms 83:12 who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
- Psalms 94:9-10 He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see? He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
- Jeremiah 50:7 All who found them have devoured them. Their adversaries said, ‘We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.’
- Ezekiel 6:7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 35:9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 35:12 And thou shalt know that I [am]…
Eze 35:12 And thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD, [and that] I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
Ver. 12. And that I have heard all thy blasphemies.] Of both sorts; those in the first table against myself, and those in the second table against my people.
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They are laid desolate.] And we have helped after.
They are given us to consume.] Heb., To devour. Nay, but stay till they be; and then know that ye may devour that on earth, that ye shall digest in hell.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thou didst reproach, scoff, and vilify my people, as…
Thou didst reproach, scoff, and vilify my people, as if they had been the people of some deaf idol; but I will make thee know I am the Lord, who heard all thy blasphemies, and can, for I have punished them. Which thou hast spoken; not speaking this without insulting and rejoicing, as Tyre did, Eze 26.
Saying, Their God hath left them, either unable to rescue them, or changed in his kindness, and gone back from his word; or some such-like impious thoughts and discourses they had against God, whose city and temple they saw the Babylonians ruin, and which Edomites helped in doing.
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Given us; either by the Chaldeans, or else by God.
To consume; utterly to consume, and to satisfy our hatred against them in the destruction of them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shall know that I am the Lord,....…
And thou shall know that I am the Lord,.... By the judgments executed upon Edom, and so upon antichrist; for God is known by the judgments he executes, both by good and bad men, Psa 9:16,
and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel; the people of Israel and Judah literally, and the churches and people of God figuratively: so antichrist is said to open his mouth in blasphemies, and to blaspheme the tabernacle of God, and them that dwell in heaven; that is, the church of God, and the saints of the most High; which are heard and observed by the Lord, and resented by him, and for which he will punish, Rev 13:6,
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saying, they are laid desolate, they are given up to consume; or, "for food" (z); to possess and live upon; the inhabitants of them being carried captive or slain, so that there were none to enjoy the fruits of them; and therefore the Edomites concluded that the Israelites were forsaken of God, and that he would no more regard them, and that their land was theirs, which gave them great joy; see Rev 11:10.
(z) , Sept.; "in cibum", Vatablus, Cocceius, Starckius, So Syr.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. They are laid desolate, they are given…
Verse 12. They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.] They exulted in seeing Judea overrun; and they rejoiced in the prospect of completing the ruin, when the Chaldeans had withdrawn from the land.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain blasphemies . . . against . . . Israel…
blasphemies . . . against . . . Israel . . . against me--God regards what is done against His people as done against Himself (Mat 25:45; Act 9:2, Act 9:4-5). 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 (Sa1 2:3; Rev 13:6).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. all thy blasphemies] Or, contumelies, 2Ki_19:3.
12. all thy blasphemies] Or, contumelies, 2Ki_19:3.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Blasphemies.—Rather, reproaches. These indeed became, under the circumstances,…
(12) Blasphemies.—Rather, reproaches. These indeed became, under the circumstances, constructively blasphemies against God; but it is better not to push the meaning further than was intended.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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This continues the message that Ezekiel is to speak to Mount Seir. The message is for all the people of Edom.
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against the mountains of Israel
Here "mountains" represents the whole land of Israel. (See: Synecdoche)
They have been destroyed
This phrase can be stated in active form. AT: "They are in ruins" (See: Active or Passive)
they have been given over to us to devour
The people of Mount Seir taking the land of Israel and using it for themselves is spoken of as if they were wild animals that would devour the mountains of Israel. AT: "they are here for us to devour" (See: Metaphor and Active or Passive)
translationWords
Yahweh
contempt
Israel
desolate
devour
boast
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