Ezekiel 35:5
Because thou hast had a perpetuall hatred and hast put the children of Israel to flight by the force of the sword in the time of their calamitie, when their iniquitie had an ende,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
4I wil lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 137:7Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Ierusalem, which saide, Rase it, rase it to the foundation thereof.
Ezekiel 21:25And thou prince of Israel polluted, and wicked, whose day is come, when iniquitie shall haue an ende,
Ezekiel 25:12Thus sayth the Lord God, Because that Edom hath done euill by taking vengeance vpon the house of Iudah, and hath committed great offence, and reuenged himselfe vpon them,
Ezekiel 35:12And thou shalt know, that I the Lord haue heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountaines of Israel, saying, They lye waste, they are giuen vs to be deuoured.
Amos 1:11Thus sayeth the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because hee did pursue his brother with the sworde, and did cast off all pitie, and his anger spoyled him euermore, and his wrath watched him alway.
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 →