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Ezekiel 35:15 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 35 · verse 15
As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.Ezekiel 35:15 · King James Version
Ezekiel 35:15 in context
13Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
14Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
15As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- desolateshâmêmto stunH8074 →
- desolateshᵉmâmâhdevastationH8077 →
- rejoicesimchâhblithesomeness or gleeH8057 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- IdumeaʼĔdômEdom, the elder twin-brother of JacobH123 →
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Here is, I. A further account of the sin of the Edomites, and their bad conduct towards the people of God. We find the church complaining of them for setting on the Babylonians, and irritating them against Jerusalem, saying, Rase it, rase it, down with it, down with it (Psa 137:7), inflaming a rage that needed no…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-15