Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 35:3
And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I [am] against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
3. stretch out mine hand ] Ch. Eze 6:14. Edom shall be made a complete desolation, and it shall realize whose hand it is that falls so heavily upon it ( Eze 35:4).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 3. Most desolate.] Literally, “A desolation and a wilderness.”
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Say unto it; by a prosopopoeia, or personating a discourse with them; speak of them as if thou wert speaking to them. Against thee: see Eze 28:22; 34:10.
Stretch out mine hand: see Eze 6:14; 25:7.
Against, or over, denoting how inevitable the stroke will be which God gives from above.
Most desolate; wasted, forsaken, and nothing but solitariness left in time.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
3. most desolateliterally,”desolation and desolateness” (Jer49:17, &c.). It is only in their national character of foesto God’s people, that the Edomites are to be utterly destroyed. Aremnant of Edom, as of the other heathen, is to be “calledby the name of God” (Am 9:12).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And say unto it, thus saith the Lord God,…. The prophet was not upon the spot, and could not direct his speech immediately to the Edomites; but he might send this prophecy to their ambassadors at Babylon; or in a letter to them in their own land, in the name of the Lord:
behold, O Mount Seir, I am against thee: not the face of the prophet only, but the face of God himself was against them; and a terrible thing it is for any to have God to be against them, whether a nation, or a particular person. The Targum is,
“behold, I send my fury upon thee:”
and I will stretch out mine hand against thee; which was able to reach them wherever they were: and which, being stretched out, cannot be turned back; and, where it lights, falls heavy indeed; namely, his mighty hand of power and wrath. The Targum is,
“and I will lift up the stroke of my power upon thee;”
that is, lift up his hand and strike powerfully; the consequence of which must be as follows:
and I will make thee most desolate; their land, cities, towns, and villages, all should be utterly laid waste; see Re 17:16, so it follows:
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 35:3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I [am] against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
Ver. 3. Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against thee. ] Ecce ego ad te; have at thee.
And I will stretch out my hand against thee.
I will make thee most desolate.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the Lord GOD. Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah. See note on Eze 2:4.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I am: Eze 5:8, Eze 21:3, Eze 29:3, Eze 29:10, Jer 21:13, Nah 2:13, Nah 3:5
and I will stretch: Eze 6:14, Jer 6:12, Jer 15:6, Jer 51:25
most desolate: Heb. desolation and desolation, Eze 35:7, Eze 5:15
Reciprocal: Gen 33:14 – unto Seir 2Ch 20:23 – mount Seir Lam 4:21 – the cup Eze 13:8 – behold Eze 25:7 – I will stretch Eze 34:10 – I am Eze 35:15 – shalt Eze 38:2 – set Eze 38:3 – I am Eze 39:1 – Behold Oba 1:1 – concerning
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 35:3. Mount Seir is a geographical term and refers to a tract of land lying east of the Dead Sea. It is often mentioned by name of Edom because the Edomites occupied that land for many years.
Eze 35:4
Eze 35:4. The prophet was told to predict a desolation for that land. A brief condemnation was made against it in chapter 25: 12-14, but a more detailed prediction is made here before the interests of Palestine are to receive further attention.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Yahweh announced that He was opposed to Mount Seir (cf. Eze 36:9), would stretch out His hand in judgment against it (cf. Eze 6:14), and would turn it into a desolate waste. He would destroy its cities (cf. Eze 36:10), and the Edomites would learn that He is God.