Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 35:7
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
7. passeth out returneth ] A phrase like “shut up and free,” used to denote all classes, cf. “the shod and the barefoot” in Arab. LXX. has altered into “man and beast,” the usual phrase after “cut off,” e.g. Eze 25:13.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
All travellers that go to or from Edoms country, or his cities; or possibly it may intimate the close sieges with which his cities should be so begirt, that none should attempt to go out or go in, but it should cost them their life: so Jericho close besieged, none went in or out, Jos 6:1.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. cut off . . . him thatpasseththat is, every passer to and fro; “the highwaysshall be unoccupied” (Eze 29:11;Jdg 5:6).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Thus will I make Mount Seir most desolate,…. By shedding the blood of the inhabitants of it; and as Rome will be, when it will be utterly burnt with fire, as that city will, and the flesh of the whore also, and made desolate; and when all the vials shall be poured out on the antichristian states under her jurisdiction, Re 16:1:
and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth: every traveller that passeth to and fro; it shall no more be frequented by merchants; nor will there be any merchandise any more in it, Re 18:11.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) Him that passeth out.The cutting off of the traveller is a striking feature in the doom of Edom, for her nomadic tribes had been the great carriers between India and the East and Egypt, and she had grown rich by this commerce. The fierceness of the few tribes now wandering over the land make even the occasional visit of the curious traveller a matter of difficulty and danger.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
“Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation, and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and the one who returns. And I will fill his mountains with his slain. In your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses they will fall who are slain with the sword. I will make you into perpetual desolations, and your cities will not be inhabited, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”
This is a clear contrast to what has happened to Israel. Compare Eze 36:4. The hills and the valleys and the watercourses of Israel had been desolated. They had been made a desolate waste and their cities had been forsaken. They had become a prey and a derision. And Edom had taken advantage of it. Now they will suffer similarly themselves. Thus will they know Who Israel’s God is.
‘And I will cut off from it the one who passes through and the one who returns.’ A Hebraism to signify everyone without exception.
‘I will make you into perpetual desolations.’ Compare Isa 34:5-15. It is the final sentence from which there is no recovery.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Eze 35:7. And cut off from it him, &c. And will cut off from it both the traveller and the inhabitant. Houbigant.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 35:7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
Ver. 7. Most desolate. ] See Eze 35:3 . Iterum repetit, ne excidisse videatur. I am in good earnest.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
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Eze 35:7-9
“Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth. And I will fill its mountains with its slain: in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy watercourses shall they fall that are slain with the sword. I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.”
“Him that passeth through and him that returneth …” (Eze 35:7). This is an old expression equivalent to “all that go to and fro,” “all comers and goers,” “all the buyers and the sellers.” “It means `everybody without exception.’
The total desolation of Edom has come to pass in the most startling manner. The National Geographic Magazine a few years ago ran an article with many graphic pictures of the desolated capital of ancient Seir, Petra. It still seems incredible that a city with such a fortress could ever have fallen; but there it stands in the blistering desert sun, its ancient red walls of solid stone exhibiting its magnificent architecture, beautiful palaces, and many other signs of ancient prosperity in a breath-taking silence that reminds one of the petrified forest of Arizona. It brings a mist to the eyes and a catch in the throat just to see it. What an awful thing it is for God to “stretch forth his hand” against a city, or a people.
“A perpetual desolation …” (Eze 35:9). “This is a much harsher fate even than that which was inflicted upon Ammon and Egypt, who at least had a prospect of restoration held out to them (Jer 49:6; and Eze 29:14). Note that this threat of perpetual desolation is repeated here from Eze 35:5.
However, the eternal justice of God is seen in this perpetual desolation of Edom. Who murdered the innocents of Bethlehem in his frenzied efforts to kill the Lord Jesus Christ? Answer: It was the savage Idumaean (Edomite) Herod the Great.
Who murdered John the Baptist, the great forerunner of Christ, the Herald of the Gospel Age? Answer: It was another Herod, an Edomite, who presented John’s head on a platter to please a dancing girl.
Who mocked the Son of God in one of those six crooked trials preceding his crucifixion? Answer: It was another Herod, of course.
Who murdered the apostle James? Answer: A Herod (Edomite).
Who imprisoned the apostle Peter and condemned him to death as soon as the Passover ended? Answer: It was Herod Agrippa (another Edomite, of course).
Who murdered the sixteen men who kept the prison on that night when an angel released the apostle Peter, on the false charge that these guards had released Peter? It was that same Herod the Edomite.
Who fully decided to exterminate all of the apostles of the Church of God, and as a preparatory move had himself installed as a god down at Caesarea (Acts 12)? It was that same son of the devil, the Edomite Herod Agrippa. This Edomite was so wicked that God did not even allow him to live a normal life; but cut him down in the very act of his announcement that he was god!
Yes indeed that evil people deserved the retribution with which Almighty God rewarded them.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
most desolate: Heb. desolation and desolation, Eze 35:3, Eze 35:9, Eze 33:28, *marg.
passeth: Eze 29:11, Jdg 5:6, Jdg 5:7, 2Ch 15:5, 2Ch 15:6
Reciprocal: Jer 49:17 – Edom Oba 1:10 – and
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 35:7. Cut off . . . passeth out . . . returneth means the land will be made so desolate that it will put a stop to coming and going. There will be nothing to encourage any kind of traffic and hence it will cease to be done.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Eze 35:7-12. Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate Hebrew, , 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 the Edomites out of their ancient habitations, in the time of the Babylonish captivity, they settled themselves in the southern part of Judea, where they were afterward conquered by Hyrcanus, and obliged to embrace the Jewish religion, and so became at length incorporated with that nation. Dr. Prideaux. Because thou hast said, These two nations, &c., shall be mine The two nations and countries here spoken of mean the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The Edomites had settled themselves in part of Judea, and hoped to have got possession both of the land of Judah and the land of Israel in time. The Ammonites had the same design, as appears from Jer 49:1. Whereas, or although, the Lord was there Was still with his ancient people, and had not yet entirely abandoned them, or withdrawn his protection from their country, and given it up to be laid waste. These Edomites, it seems, did not believe that God had placed his name in Judea, had chosen it for the place of his peculiar residence, and would never quite relinquish his property in it. Therefore I will even do according to thine anger As thou out of anger and envy didst hurt them, so will I hurt thee. I will make myself known among them I will make my people see that I have not quite cast them off, by the punishments I will bring upon thee on account of the evil thou hast done to them. And thou shalt know that I am the Lord Thou shalt then be convinced that I am the sovereign Lord of all things.