and tell it, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you. I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.
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and tell it, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you. I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.
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And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
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and say unto it: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out My hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 35:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 6:12 Their houses will be turned to others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, says Yahweh.”
- Jeremiah 15:6 You have rejected me,” says Yahweh. “You have gone backward. Therefore I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am weary of showing compassion.
- Ezekiel 6:14 I will stretch out my hand on them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”
- Ezekiel 35:7 Thus I will make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation. I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns.
- Jeremiah 21:13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or “Who would enter into our homes?”
- Jeremiah 51:25 “Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh, “which destroys all the earth. I will stretch out my hand on you, roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain.
- Ezekiel 5:8 therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 5:15 So it will be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes—I, Yahweh, have spoken it—
- Ezekiel 21:3 Tell the land of Israel, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
- Ezekiel 25:13 therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman. They will fall by the sword even to Dedan.
- Ezekiel 29:3 Speak and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers, that has said, ‘My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.’
- Ezekiel 29:10 therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers. I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.
- Nahum 2:13 “Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
- Nahum 3:5 “Behold, I am against you,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 35:3 And say unto it, Thus saith the…
Eze 35:3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I [am] against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
Ver. 3. Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against thee.] Ecce ego ad te; have at thee.
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And I will stretch out my hand against thee.] I will have my full blow at thee.
I will make thee most desolate.] Heb., Desolation and desolation. I will make an utter end; desolation shall not rise up the second time; {Nah 1:9} I will make short work. {Rom 9:28}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Say unto it; by a prosopopoeia, or personating a…
Say unto it; by a prosopopoeia, or personating a discourse with them; speak of them as if thou wert speaking to them. Against thee: see Eze 28:22; 34:10.
Stretch out mine hand: see Eze 6:14; 25:7.
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Against, or over, denoting how inevitable the stroke will be which God gives from above.
Most desolate; wasted, forsaken, and nothing but solitariness left in time.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And say unto it, thus saith the Lord God,....…
And say unto it, thus saith the Lord God,.... The prophet was not upon the spot, and could not direct his speech immediately to the Edomites; but he might send this prophecy to their ambassadors at Babylon; or in a letter to them in their own land, in the name of the Lord:
behold, O Mount Seir, I am against thee: not the face of the prophet only, but the face of God himself was against them; and a terrible thing it is for any to have God to be against them, whether a nation, or a particular person. The Targum is,
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"behold, I send my fury upon thee:''
and I will stretch out mine hand against thee; which was able to reach them wherever they were: and which, being stretched out, cannot be turned back; and, where it lights, falls heavy indeed; namely, his mighty hand of power and wrath. The Targum is,
"and I will lift up the stroke of my power upon thee;''
that is, lift up his hand and strike powerfully; the consequence of which must be as follows:
and I will make thee most desolate; their land, cities, towns, and villages, all should be utterly laid waste; see Rev 17:16, so it follows:
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. Most desolate.] Literally, "A desolation and a…
Verse 3. Most desolate.] Literally, "A desolation and a wilderness."
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain most desolate--literally, "desolation and desolateness" (Jer 49:17, &c.). It…
most desolate--literally, "desolation and desolateness" (Jer 49:17, &c.). It is only in their national character of foes to God's people, that the Edomites are to be utterly destroyed. A remnant of Edom, as of the other heathen, is to be "called by the name of God" (Amo 9:12).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. stretch out mine hand] Ch. Eze_6:14. Edom shall…
3. stretch out mine hand] Ch. Eze_6:14. Edom shall be made a complete desolation, and it shall realize whose hand it is that falls so heavily upon it (Eze_35:4).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against thee (cf.…
Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against thee (cf. Eze_5:8 Eze_13:8; and contrast, Eze_36:9) and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, (cf. Eze_6:14 Eze_14:9, 13 25:7; and Exo_7:5) and I will make thee most desolate; literally, a desolation and an astonishment (cf. ver. 7). Against the mountains of Israel had been denounced a similar fate, which the idolatrous remnant that lingered in the laud after the Captivity had commenced began to experience. (Eze_33:28, Eze_33:29) The doom, however, connected with the day of Israel"s return was to fall upon Edom, whose cities should be emptied of their inhabitants and whose fields should be cursed with barrenness. (Eze_25:13; Oba_1:8, Oba_1:10)
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