Ezekiel 35:6

Therefore, I live — an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

In Context

5Because of thy having an enmity age-during, And thou dost saw the sons of Israel, By the hands of the sword, In the time of their calamity, In the time of the iniquity of the end:

7And I have given mount Seir for a desolation and an astonishment, And have cut off from it him who is passing over and him who is returning,

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Cross References

Psalms 109:16Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart — to slay,

Isaiah 63:2'Wherefore [is] thy clothing red? And thy garments as treading in a wine fat?'

Matthew 7:2for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

Revelation 18:6Render to her as also she did render to you, and double to her doubles according to her works; in the cup that she did mingle mingle to her double.

Revelation 19:2because true and righteous [are] His judgments, because He did judge the great whore who did corrupt the earth in her whoredom, and He did avenge the blood of His servants at her hand;'

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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