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Ezekiel 35:8 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 35 · verse 8
And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.Ezekiel 35:8 · King James Version
Ezekiel 35:8 in context
6Therefore, 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.
7Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
8And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.
9I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
10Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- valleysgayʼa gorge (from its lofty sidesH1516 →
- riversʼâphîyqproperly, containingH650 →
- slainchâlâlpiercedH2491 →
- hillsgibʻâha hillockH1389 →
- fillmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
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Mount Seir was mentioned as partner with Moab in one of the threatenings we had before (Eze 25:8); but here it is convicted and condemned by itself, and has woes of its own. The prophet must boldly set his face against Edom, and prophesy particularly against it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9