Ezekiel 36:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Idumea = Edom, as in Ezekiel 35:15, where see Note. For “cast it out,” in the last clause of the verse, read, empty it out. The idea of casting out a land for a prey is incongruous, and the other sense is admissible.

Ezekiel 36:5

5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.