“ Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, ”
Son of man, set thy face against mount (a) Seir, and prophesy against it, (a) Where the Idumeans dwelt.
Ezekiel 35 f. The Occupation of the Land. Indispensable to the restoration of Israel is the possession of Canaan Israel's land and Yahweh's land ( Ezekiel 35:10 ). Ezekiel 35 f. The Destruction...
Son of man . See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . mount Seir i.e. Edom. Compare Ezekiel 6:2 ; Ezekiel 25:12-14 . Ch. 35 is introductory. Compare Ezekiel 36:5 , preparing the way for the reoccupation by...
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, Set thy face against Mount Seir - That is, against the Edomites. This prophecy was probably delivered about the time of the prece...
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 E...
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, Mount Seir - i:e., Idumea ( Genesis 36:9 ). Singled out, as badly preeminent in its bitterness against God's people, to r...
The Land of Israel in the Future Ezekiel 35 is an introduction to Ezekiel 36 , the connexion being shown by Ezekiel 36:5 . The claim of Edom to the land having been repudiated ( Ezekiel 35 ),...
Mount Seir. — This poetical designation of the Edomites from the land which they inhabited is common in Scripture ( Genesis 36:8-9 ; Deuteronomy 2:1 ; Deuteronomy 2:5 ; 1 Chronicles 4:42 , &...
JEHOVAH'S LAND Ezekiel 35:1-15 ; Ezekiel 36:1-38 THE teaching of this important passage turns on certain ideas regarding the land of Canaan which enter very deeply into the religion of Israel....
The prophet next described the new order by contrasting Mount Seir with the mountains of Israel. Jehovah announced Himself as against Mount Seir, and as stretching out His hand in order to make it a...
We have here the Lord's awful sentence, upon Mount Seir, that is Esau's heritage; and the reason is assigned, namely, his hatred to Israel. Some have thought, and no doubt upon good grounds, that wha...
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 Genesis 36:8...
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, Ver. 2. Set thy face. ] Ezekiel 6:2 . Against Mount Seir. ] Inhabited by the Edomites. And prophesy against it. ] This...
Moreover, the word of the Lord , &c. “The prophet goes on to show, that the same reason which would operate in favour of the Jews, would not operate in favour of the heathen; especially not in f...
The Fall of Edom. B. C. 587. 1 Moreover the word of the L ORD came unto me, saying, 2...
Put thyself in a posture looking towards Mount Seir, but with a stern and menacing countenance; the phrase you meet Ezekiel 20:46 , Ezekiel 21:2 25:2 . Mount Seir; the country for the inhabitan...
‘Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, and say to it, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold I am against you, O Mount Seir...
THE UTTER RUIN OF IDUMEA. (Chap. 35) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 35:2 . “Mount Seir” —Idumea, the woody mountain region in the south of that part of Palestine which lies to the east of Jordan from...
Ezekiel 35:2 . Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir; that is, Idumea. Genesis 36:9 . “The Nabatheans having driven the Edomites out of their ancient habitation during the Babylonian captiv...
EXPOSITION Ezekiel 35:1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. As no date is given, the present oracle, extending to the close of Ezekiel 36:15 , may be assumed to have been...
Against the Enmity of Edom
2 Chronicles 20:10 ; 2 Chronicles 20:22 ; 2 Chronicles 20:23 ; 2 Chronicles 25:11-14 ; Amos 1:11 ; Amos 1:12 ; Deuteronomy 2:5 ; Ephesians 6:19 ; Ezekiel 20:46 ; Ezekiel 21:2 ; Ezekiel 25:...
Mount Seir — The Edomites, who inhabited it.