Ezekiel 35
DOYLYEzekiel 35:2
- — even the ancient high places are our’s in possession.] The Edomites have made their boasts, (chap. xxxv. 10,) that they should become masters of the mountainous parts of Judea, where the ancient fortresses were placed, which commanded all the rest of the country; see Deut. xxxii. 13. W. Lowth.
Before CHRIST 587. devour. magnified. 587. a Chap. 6. 2. Because for because.
Ezekiel 35:9
- I will make thee perpetual desolations, &c.] See chap. xxv. 13; Jer. xlix. 17, 18.
Ezekiel 35:10
- Because thou hast said, These two nations &c.] These two nations, Israel and Judah, and their countries, wasted by the Assyrian and Babylonian, shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas, however this land is abused, it is the Lord’s peculiar, and therefore out of thy reach, and free from any challenge of thine. Bp. Hall, Abp. Newcome.
Ezekiel 35:11
- — I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.] I will make my people see that I
spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us † to consume.
Ezekiel 35:14
- — When the whole earth rejoiceth.] After the return from the captivity, when all thy neighbours, conquered by the king of Babylon, shall be restored in peace and prosperity, thou shalt be reduced to distress and desolation. Calmet.
The Edomites never recovered their country after their expulsion from it by the Nabatheans, who drove them out of their ancient habitations in the time of the Babylonish captivity; they then settled themselves in the southern part of Judea, where they were afterwards conquered by Hyrcanus, and obliged to embrace the Jewish religion, and so became incorporated with that nation. Dean Prideaux.
Chap. XXXVI. ver. 1. — prophesy unto the mountains of Israel.] This prophesy is the sequel of that contained in the last chapter. Calmet.