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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 35:10-15

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 (Ps. 137:7), inflaming a rage that needed no spur; here it is further charged upon them that they triumphed in Jerusalem's ruin and in the desolations of the country. Many blasphemies they spoke against the mountains of Israel,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 35:10

Because thou hast said, these two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it ,.... Meaning either Idumea he was now possessed of, and Israel he hoped to be, upon the people of it being carried captive; or rather the two nations of Israel and Judah, and their countries; which he pleased himself with would fall into his hands, as next heir to them; the posterity of his brother being dispossessed of them. This may denote the claim that Rome makes upon each of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 35:10

These two nations - Israel and Judah. The Idumeans thought of conquering and possessing both; and they would have succeeded, but only the Lord was there; and this spoiled their projects, and blasted their hopes. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:1-15

Special punishment of special sin. Very painful must it be to an intelligent spirit to be the executor of Jehovah's vengeance upon transgressors: the pain is only one remove the less to announce the coming doom. Yet, as we gain broader and clearer views of God's administration, we discover that the suffering of a few brings advantage to the many. The splendor and the rare excellence of God's righteousness are thereby clearly revealed. And gradually we perceive that pain and pleasure are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:1-15

Features to be found in penalty. When God is obliged to be "against" a man or a people, as he was against Edom ( Ezekiel 35:2 ), he (it) may look for these three things in the retribution which impends— I. AN INFLICTION ANSWERING IN CHARACTER TO THE SIN . "Because thou hast given over … to the power of the sword … therefore … I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee" ( Ezekiel 35:5 , Ezekiel 35:6 ). Our Lord also himself tells us that "they who... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:10

Because thou hast said . The second ground of Edom's punishment lay in this, that she had presumptuously as well as confidently exclaimed, not concerning Idumea and Judah, as Jerome conjectured, but concerning Israel and Judah when she saw them stripped of their inhabitants, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it ; "it" meaning either the region over which the two countries extended, or, as Schroder suggests, Jerusalem their common capital (see ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:10

A miscalculation. Edom had taken for granted that she, in conjunction with the allied nations, no doubt, would be able to seize the territories of Israel and Judah. She had calculated her resources and matched her strength against those of her foes. But she had forgotten one essential element in the reckoning—she had failed to take any account of the presence of God. This was a fatal blunder, and it upset the whole scheme. It is very common for people to discuss their prospects with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 35:10-13

The supreme mistake. The two striking and significant sentences in this passage are in the tenth and thirteenth verses: "And Jehovah was there" ( Ezekiel 35:10 ); "I have heard" ( Ezekiel 35:13 ). They bring out— I. EDOM 'S GREAT MISCALCULATION . No doubt Edom had its princes, its statesmen, its warriors, of whom it was proud, on whose sagacity and prowess it was leaning. But however astute her ministers may have been, they made one great and fatal mistake—they left out of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 35:7-12

Ezekiel 35:7-12. Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate Hebrew, לשׁממה ושׁממה , a desolation and a desolation, or, a desolation and an astonishment, as Bishop Newton renders it, following the reading of several MSS. And cut off from it him that passeth out, &c. No travellers shall go forward or backward in it with safety: see the margin. And thy cities shall not return Thy cities shall not be restored to thee again. This was exactly fulfilled; for the Nabatheans having driven... read more

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