Ezekiel 35:2

'Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

In Context

1And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

3and thou hast said to it: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, O mount Seir, And have stretched out My hand against thee, And made thee a desolation and an astonishment.

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Cross References

Genesis 36:8and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Joshua 24:4And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt.

2 Chronicles 20:22And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten,

Psalms 83:3Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.

Isaiah 50:7And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed.

Jeremiah 9:25Lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,

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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