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Ezekiel 35:1-15

Ezekiel 35

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1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

3 and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

4 I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

5 Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,

6 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.

8 I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

10 Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

11 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

12 Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’

13 You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!

14 This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

15 As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

Moreover, the word דְבַר־ H1697 Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular came וַיְהִ֥י H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to me אֵלַ֥י H413 Preposition | first person common singular saying לֵאמֹֽר׃ H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Verse 2

Original words

Son בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct of man אָדָ֕ם H120 Noun - masculine singular set שִׂ֥ים H7760 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular your face פָּנֶ֖יךָ H6440 Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular against עַל־ H5921 Preposition Mount הַ֣ר H2022 Noun - masculine singular construct Seir שֵׂעִ֑יר H8165 Noun - proper - feminine singular and prophesy וְהִנָּבֵ֖א H5012 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular against it עָלָֽיו׃ H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular
Verse 3

Original words

and declare וְאָמַ֣רְתָּ H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular . . . לּ֗וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular that this is what כֹּ֤ה H3541 Adverb the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י H136 Noun - proper - masculine singular GOD יְהוִ֔ה H3069 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַר֙ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Behold הִנְנִ֥י H2005 Interjection | first person common singular I am against you אֵלֶ֖יךָ H413 Preposition | second person masculine singular O Mount הַר־ H2022 Noun - masculine singular construct Seir שֵׂעִ֑יר H8165 Noun - proper - feminine singular I will stretch out וְנָטִ֤יתִי H5186 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular My hand יָדִי֙ H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular against you עָלֶ֔יךָ H5921 Preposition | second person masculine singular and make וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָ H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular you a desolate שְׁמָמָ֥ה H8077 Noun - feminine singular waste וּמְשַׁמָּֽה׃ H4923 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 4

Original words

I will turn your cities עָרֶ֙יךָ֙ H5892 Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular into אָשִׂ֔ים H7760 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular ruins חָרְבָּ֣ה H2723 Noun - feminine singular and you וְאַתָּ֖ה H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular will become תִֽהְיֶ֑ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular a desolation שְׁמָמָ֣ה H8077 Noun - feminine singular Then you will know וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular that כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I אֲנִ֥י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 5

Original words

Because יַ֗עַן H3282 Adverb you harbored הֱי֤וֹת H1961 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct an ancient עוֹלָ֔ם H5769 Noun - masculine singular hatred אֵיבַ֣ת H342 Noun - feminine singular construct and delivered וַתַּגֵּ֥ר H5064 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the Israelites בְּנֵֽי־ H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular over to עַל־ H5921 Preposition . . . יְדֵי־ H3027 Noun - feminine dual construct the sword חָ֑רֶב H2719 Noun - feminine singular in the time בְּעֵ֣ת H6256 Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct of their disaster אֵידָ֔ם H343 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural at the final stage בְּעֵ֖ת H6256 Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct . . . קֵֽץ׃ H7093 Noun - masculine singular of their punishment עֲוֺ֥ן H5771 Noun - common singular construct
Verse 6

Original words

therefore לָכֵ֣ן H3651 Adverb as surely as I אָ֗נִי H589 Pronoun - first person common singular live חַי־ H2416 Noun - masculine singular declares נְאֻם֙ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י H136 Noun - proper - masculine singular GOD יְהוִ֔ה H3069 Noun - proper - masculine singular כִּֽי־ כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I will give you over אֶעֶשְׂךָ֖ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular to bloodshed לְדָ֥ם H1818 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular and [it] וְדָ֣ם H1818 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular will pursue you יִרְדֲּפֶ֑ךָ H7291 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Since אִם־ H518 Conjunction you did not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle hate שָׂנֵ֖אתָ H8130 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular bloodshed דָ֛ם H1818 Noun - masculine singular it וְדָ֥ם H1818 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular will pursue you יִרְדֲּפֶֽךָ׃ H7291 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Verse 7

Original words

I will make וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Mount הַ֣ר H2022 Noun - masculine singular construct Seir שֵׂעִ֔יר H8165 Noun - proper - feminine singular a desolate לְשִֽׁמְמָ֖ה H8077 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular waste וּשְׁמָמָ֑ה H8077 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular and will cut off וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י H3772 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular from it מִמֶּ֖נּוּ H4480 Preposition | third person masculine singular those who come וָשָֽׁב׃ H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular and go עֹבֵ֥ר H5674 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Verse 8

Original words

I will fill וּמִלֵּאתִ֥י H4390 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker its mountains הָרָ֖יו H2022 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular with the slain חֲלָלָ֑יו H2491 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular those killed חַלְלֵי־ H2491 Noun - masculine plural construct by the sword חֶ֖רֶב H2719 Noun - feminine singular will fall יִפְּל֥וּ H5307 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural on your hills גִּבְעוֹתֶ֤יךָ H1389 Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular in your valleys וְגֵאוֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ H1516 Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular and in all וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct your ravines אֲפִיקֶ֔יךָ H650 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 9

Original words

I will make אֶתֶּנְךָ֔ H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular you a perpetual עוֹלָם֙ H5769 Noun - masculine singular desolation שִֽׁמְמ֤וֹת H8077 Noun - feminine plural construct and your cities וְעָרֶ֖יךָ H5892 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular will not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be inhabited תֵישַׁבְנָה H3427 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Then you will know וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural that כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I אֲנִ֥י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 10

Original words

Because יַ֣עַן H3282 Adverb you have said אֲ֠מָרְךָ H559 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker These two שְׁנֵ֨י H8147 Number - masculine dual construct nations הַגּוֹיִ֜ם H1471 Article | Noun - masculine plural - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and שְׁתֵּ֧י H8147 Number - feminine dual construct countries הָאֲרָצ֛וֹת H776 Article | Noun - feminine plural will be תִהְיֶ֖ינָה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural ours לִ֥י Preposition | first person common singular and we will possess them וִֽירַשְׁנ֑וּהָ H3423 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person feminine singular even though the LORD וַֽיהוָ֖ה H3068 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular was הָיָֽה׃ H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular there שָׁ֥ם H8033 Adverb
Verse 11

Original words

therefore לָכֵ֣ן H3651 Adverb as surely as I אָ֗נִי H589 Pronoun - first person common singular live חַי־ H2416 Noun - masculine singular declares נְאֻם֮ H5002 Noun - masculine singular construct the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י H136 Noun - proper - masculine singular GOD יְהוִה֒ H3069 Noun - proper - masculine singular I will treat you וְעָשִׂ֗יתִי H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular according to the anger כְּאַפְּךָ֙ H639 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular and jealousy וּכְקִנְאָ֣תְךָ֔ H7068 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative you showed עָשִׂ֔יתָה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular in your hatred מִשִּׂנְאָתֶ֖יךָ H8135 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular against them בָּ֑ם Preposition | third person masculine plural and I will make Myself known וְנוֹדַ֥עְתִּי H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular among them בָ֖ם Preposition | third person masculine plural when כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative I judge you אֶשְׁפְּטֶֽךָ׃ H8199 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular
Verse 12

Original words

Then you will know וְֽיָדַעְתָּ֮ H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular that כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I אֲנִ֣י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular the LORD יְהוָה֒ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular have heard שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי׀ H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker every כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct contemptuous word נָאָֽצוֹתֶ֗יךָ H5007 Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative you uttered אָמַ֛רְתָּ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular against עַל־ H5921 Preposition the mountains הָרֵ֥י H2022 Noun - masculine plural construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular when you said לֵאמֹ֣ר׀ H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct They are desolate שָׁמֵמָה H8074 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural they are given נִתְּנ֖וּ H5414 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural to us לָ֥נוּ Preposition | first person common plural to devour לְאָכְלָֽה׃ H402 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 13

Original words

You boasted וַתַּגְדִּ֤ילוּ H1431 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural against Me עָלַי֙ H5921 Preposition | first person common singular with your mouth בְּפִיכֶ֔ם H6310 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural and multiplied וְהַעְתַּרְתֶּ֥ם H6280 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural your words דִּבְרֵיכֶ֑ם H1697 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural against Me עָלַ֖י H5921 Preposition | first person common singular I אֲנִ֖י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular heard it Myself שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃ס H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Verse 14

Original words

This is what כֹּ֥ה H3541 Adverb the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י H136 Noun - proper - masculine singular GOD יְהוִ֑ה H3069 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֖ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular While the whole כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct earth הָאָ֔רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular rejoices כִּשְׂמֹ֙חַ֙ H8055 Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct I will make אֶעֱשֶׂה־ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular you לָּֽךְ׃ Preposition | second person feminine singular desolate שְׁמָמָ֖ה H8077 Noun - feminine singular
Verse 15

Original words

As you rejoiced כְּשִׂמְחָ֨תְךָ֜ H8057 Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular when the inheritance לְנַחְלַ֧ת H5159 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct of the house בֵּֽית־ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular - עַ֥ל H5921 Preposition - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative became desolate שָׁמֵ֖מָה H8074 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular so כֵּ֣ן H3651 Adverb will I do אֶעֱשֶׂה־ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular to you לָּ֑ךְ Preposition | second person masculine singular You will become תִֽהְיֶ֤ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular a desolation שְׁמָמָ֨ה H8077 Noun - feminine singular O Mount הַר־ H2022 Noun - masculine singular construct Seir שֵׂעִיר֙ H8165 Noun - proper - feminine singular and so will all וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct of Edom אֱד֣וֹם H123 Noun - proper - masculine singular - כֻּלָּ֔הּ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Then they will know וְיָדְע֖וּ H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural that כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction I אֲנִ֥י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָֽה׃פ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

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