Ezekiel 35:5

Because you have always been hostile to the people of Israel, and because you poured them out into the hands of the sword at the time of their distress, at the time their punishment was at its greatest.

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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:

In Context

4I will make your cities ruins, and you yourself will become desolate; then you will know that I am Yahweh.

6Therefore, as I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I will prepare you for bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you! Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

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Cross References

Psalms 137:7Call to mind, Yahweh, what the Edomites did 1 on the day Jerusalem fell. 1 They said, “Tear it down, tear it down 1 to its foundations.” 1

Ezekiel 21:25As for you, profane and wicked ruler of Israel, whose day of punishment has come, and whose time of committing iniquity has ended, 1

Ezekiel 25:12The Lord Yahweh says this, 'Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah and has committed wrong in doing so.

Ezekiel 35:12So you will know that I am Yahweh. I have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, when you said, “They have been destroyed; they have been given over to us to devour.”

Amos 1:11This is what Yahweh says, 1 “For three sins of Edom, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because he pursued his brother with the sword 1 and cast off all pity. 1 His anger raged continually, 1 and his wrath lasted forever. 1

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 35:2-10

The Fall of Edom. ( b. c. 587.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 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. 4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord . 5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of… Read the whole commentary →

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