Bible Commentary

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 35:3”

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, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 35:2”

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 1. On Edom cf. Eze 25:12 seq. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges In Ezek. 3536 we see the devastation of Edom, and the restoration of Israel. Edom was included among the nations against which Ezekiel prophesied Eze 25:12-14. But its fuller doom … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 35:1”

And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, [are] men, [and] I [am] your God, saith the Lord GOD. 31. ye my flock are men ] Omit “are men” with LXX. and read: and ye are my flock pasture, and I am your God. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Eze 34:31 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:31”

Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God [am] with them, and [that] they, [even] the house of Israel, [are] my people, saith the Lord GOD. 30. am with them ] LXX. omits with them, reading: that I the Lord am their God, and they my people the usual antithesis. The people’s consciousness … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:30”

And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 29. a plant of renown ] a plantation of renown, lit. for a name, i.e. a plantation which shall be (or, so as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:29”

And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make [them] afraid. See Eze 34:5,10,25, and Eze 28:26. None shall make them afraid; neither beasts nor men, for these shall be restrained if they would, those … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:28”

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:27”

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. 26. make them a blessing ] i.e. altogether blessed, Gen 12:2; Isa 19:24, as the last words of the verse imply. Cf. construction … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:26”

And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 25. a covenant of peace ] a covenant securing everlasting peace and therefore implying the removal of all that would … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 34:25”