Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 35:2
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
2. set thy face against ] Cf. ch. Eze 6:2.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 2. Set thy face against Mount Seir] That is, against the Edomites. This prophecy was probably delivered about the time of the preceding, and before the destruction of Idumea by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place about five years after.
Calmet supposes that two destructions of Idumea are here foretold; one by Nebuchadnezzar, and the other by the Jews after their return from their captivity.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Put thyself in a posture looking towards Mount Seir, but with a stern and menacing countenance; the phrase you meet Eze 20:46; 21:2; 25:2.
Mount Seir; the country for the inhabitants of it, as is usual in Scripture. This was a mountainous country, yet fruitful. It was so called from the old lord of it, Seir the Horite, or mountaineer from Hor, whose posterity were ousted of it by Esaus posterity, Deu 2:12.
Prophesy against it; foretell what sad things are coming on them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
2. Mount Seirthat is, Idumea(Ge 36:9). Singled out as badlypre-eminent in its bitterness against God’s people, to represent alltheir enemies everywhere and in all ages. So in Isa 34:5;Isa 63:1-4, Edom, theregion of the greatest enmity towards God’s people, is the idealscene of the final judgments of all God’s foes. “Seir”means “shaggy,” alluding to its rugged hills and forests.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Son of man set thy face against Mount Seir,…. Which had its name from Seir the Horite, who first possessed it; and was succeeded in it by Esau and his posterity, the Edomites; see Ge 36:8 De 2:12, so that the country of Edom or Idumea is here intended, and the inhabitants of it; who are put for the enemies of the church and people of God in general, as these were the enemies of Israel and Judah; and particularly for Rome, which, as it was spiritually called Egypt and Sodom, so it may be called Edom, as it often is by the Jews: now the prophet is bid to turn his face towards this mountain or country, and look sternly at it, and severely threaten it. The Targum is,
“take up a prophecy against it;”
which is expressed in the next clause:
and prophesy against it; foretell things contrary to it, which relate to its destruction, as follows:
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) Mount Seir.This poetical designation of the Edomites from the land which they inhabited is common in Scripture (Gen. 36:8-9; Deu. 2:1; Deu. 2:5; 1Ch. 4:42, &c.). The land included the whole mountainous region between the Dead Sea and the Elanitic Gulf, or eastern branch of the Red Sea. The earlier denunciation of the Edomites had in view their historical relations to Israel; this, on the other hand, as already saidlike Isaiah 34; Isa. 63:1-6while still keeping this historical relation in view, regards them also as representative of the worlds hostility to the covenant people of God. This appears from the fact that the desolation of Edom, itself but a small province, is put in contrast (Eze. 35:14) with the rejoicing of the whole earth, and that in Eze. 36:5 (and generally Eze. 35:3-7) Edom is coupled with the residue of the heathen. For the phrase set thy face against, see Eze. 13:17; and on Eze. 35:3, comp. Eze. 6:14.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 35:2. Set thy face against mount Seir That is, Edom. This prophesy is manifestly of the same year with the foregoing; for it is posterior to the siege of Jerusalem, and it precedes the desolation of Edom, which happened about the fifth year after the taking of Jerusalem. I am of opinion, says Calmet, that the prophet marks out here two disgraces of Edom, the one by Nebuchadrezzar, the other by the Jews after their return from captivity. The latter is described here more particularly than the former. The prophet says, that as the Idumeans had hated their own blood, they should be persecuted by their own blood; that is, by the Israelites, their brethren. See Eze 35:6. He says afterwards, Eze 35:14 that their country should be made desolate at the time when all the land should rejoice: which can be appropriated to no other time than that which followed the restoration of the Jews from captivity. As to the first desolation caused by Nebuchadrezzar, it is well and fully expressed in the third and other verses.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 35:2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Ver. 2. Set thy face. ] Eze 6:2 .
Against Mount Seir.
And prophesy against it.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Son of man. See note on Eze 2:1.
mount Seir i.e. Edom. Compare Eze 6:2; Eze 25:12-14. Ch. 35 is introductory. Compare Eze 36:5, preparing the way for the reoccupation by Israel.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
set: Eze 6:2, Eze 20:46, Eze 21:2, Eze 25:2, Isa 50:7, Eph 6:19
mount: Eze 25:8, Gen 32:3, Gen 36:8, Gen 36:9, Deu 2:5, Jos 24:4, 2Ch 20:10, 2Ch 20:22, 2Ch 20:23, 2Ch 25:11-14
and prophesy: Eze 25:12-14, Eze 32:29, Psa 83:3-18, Isa 34:1-17, Isa 63:1-6, Jer 9:25, Jer 9:26, Jer 49:7-22, Lam 4:21, Lam 4:22, Amo 1:11, Amo 1:12, Oba 1:1, Oba 1:10-14
Reciprocal: Gen 33:14 – unto Seir Jer 49:13 – a desolation Eze 38:2 – set
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
35:2 Son of man, set thy face against mount {a} Seir, and prophesy against it,
(a) Where the Idumeans dwelt.