Ezekiel 35:15
As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it had become a desolation, so, will, I, do unto thee,— A desolation, shalt thou become, O Mount Seir And all Edom all of it, So shall they know that, I, am Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
14Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh,— When all the earth is rejoicing, a desolation, will I make thee:
Cross References
Proverbs 17:5He that mocketh the poor, hath reproached his Maker, He that maketh merry at distress, shall not be held innocent.
Jeremiah 50:11Because they used to be glad Because they used to be uproarious When plundering mine inheritance,—Because they used to caper about as a heifer at grass, And bellow like bulls.
Ezekiel 25:6For, thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Because thou didst clap thy hands and stamp with thy foot,—and didst rejoice with all thy contempt in thy soul, against the soil of Israel.
Ezekiel 35:9Desolations age-abiding, will I make thee, And thy cities, shall not be inhabited,- So shall ye know that, I, am Yahweh.
Ezekiel 36:5Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Surely in the fire of my jealousy, have I spoken against the rest of the nations and against Edom all of it,— Who have given my land to themselves for a possession, In the rejoicing of all the heart In contempt of soul, To make of its produce a prey.
Obadiah 1:12Do not, then, look with satisfaction upon the day of thy brother, upon the day of his calamity, Neither rejoice over the sons of Judah—in the day of their ruin,—nor enlarge thy mouth—in the day of distress:
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 35:11-15
The Fall of Edom. ( b. c. 587.) 10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there: 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God , I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. 12 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord , and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against… Read the whole commentary →