Ezekiel 35

Chap. XXXV. Ver. 1—15. Ezekiel resumes his prophecy against Edom.—Edom is here distinguished by the name of Mount Seir, which was the heritage of Esau, where he dwelt. (See (Deuteronomy 2:5).) God had already ((Ezekiel 25:12).) devoted Edom to destruction on account of its ‘perpetual hatred’ against Israel, as we have before observed; for though other nations, as well as the Jews, are promised the recovery of their freedom after the fall of Babylon, no such favour is in reserve for Edom. Accordingly the nation has been annihilated; many thousands of them being destroyed by Judas Maccabeus, (1 Macc. v.) and by this they were so weakened, that Hyrcanus, his nephew, compelled them to embrace the Jewish religion; [cag] which we hear no more about them. (See note on 9.)