Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 35:9
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
9. cities shall not return ] Probably, shall not be inhabited (Heb. text teshabnah). The pointing “return” possibly reposes on Eze 16:55.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Return – Or, be inhabited.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. Perpetual desolations] Thou shalt have perpetual desolation for thy perpetual hatred.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Edoms sin was perpetual hatred, and Edoms punishment shall be perpetual desolations. Edomites would never return into friendship with the Israelites, but still hate, and molest, and waste them; now for just recompence Edoms cities shall be wasted, and never return to their former glory.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
9. shall not returnto theirformer state (Eze 16:55);shall not be restored. The Hebrew text (Chetib) reads,”shall not be inhabited” (compare Eze 26:20;Mal 1:3; Mal 1:4).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return,…. To their former dignity and glory; should not be built and inhabited again, but lie waste for ever: this agrees with what is prophesied of Edom, Mal 1:4 and will be true of Rome or Babylon when destroyed; it will never rise more, but be like a millstone in the midst of the sea, Re 18:21:
and ye shall know that I am the Lord; [See comments on Eze 35:4].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 35:9. Thy cities shall not return Thy cities shall not be inhabited. Houbigant.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Ver. 9. I will make thee perpetual desolations. ] For thy perpetual hatred. Eze 35:5
And thy cities.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
return = be rebuilt, or inhabited.
ye shall know, Re. See note on Eze 6:7.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I will make: After being subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, about five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, many of the Edomites, during the Babylonian captivity, being driven from their ancient habitation by the Nabatheans, seized upon the south-western part of Judea; but afterwards they were conquered by Hyrcanus, and reduced to the necessity of embracing the Jewish religion; and at last became either incorporated with that nation, or swallowed up and lost among the Nabathean Arabs, so that the very name was abolished and disused about the end of the first century after Christ. Their country is now barren; and their cities, even Bozra and Petra, totally demolished and in ruins.
perpetual: Eze 35:4, Eze 25:13, Jer 49:17, Jer 49:18, Zep 2:9, Mal 1:3, Mal 1:4
and ye: Eze 6:7, Eze 7:4, Eze 7:9, Eze 36:11
Reciprocal: Jer 25:12 – perpetual Jer 51:62 – to cut Eze 25:5 – and ye Eze 35:7 – most desolate Eze 35:12 – And thou Eze 35:15 – and they Eze 37:6 – ye shall
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 35:9. Since the hatred of Edom for God’s people was perpetual, so the desolation of the country was to be permanent. The purpose of such a chastisement was to make the people of the land know that I am the Lori.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not {d} return: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
(d) That is, to their former estate.