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We will take possession of them. What do we care that the LORD is there!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/35.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Because you said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them’—although the LORD was there—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/35.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/35.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess them,’ although the LORD was there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Since you have said, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,’ although the LORD was there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/35.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Because you have said, &#8216These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,&#8217 although the LORD was there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,’ although the LORD was there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,’ although Yahweh was there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Because you [descendants of Esau] have said, ‘These two nations [Israel and Judah] and these two lands shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,’ although the LORD was there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘Because you said, “These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them”—though the LORD was there —<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because you said, &#8216These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them—though the LORD was there—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/35.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/35.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You thought the nations of Judah and Israel belonged to you, and that you could take over their territory. But I am their God, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/35.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'You said, "These two nations, Israel and Judah, along with their land, belong to us. We will take possession of them." But the LORD was there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/35.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"You said that the two nations, Judah and Israel, together with their lands, belonged to you and that you would possess them, even though I, the LORD, was their God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/35.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Because you have claimed, 'These two nations and these two lands are going to belong to me, and we will take possession of them, even though the LORD is there,' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/35.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'You said, "These two nations, these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,"--although the LORD was there--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'"Because you have said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it'; whereas the LORD was there:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/35.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries will be mine, and we will possess it,’ although Yahweh was there, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Because of your saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, "" And YHWH has been there;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Because of thy saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, And Jehovah hath been there;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Because of thy saying, The two nations and the two lands shall be to me, and we will possess it; and Jehovah was there:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Because thou hast said: The two nations, and the two lands shall be mine, and I will possess them by inheritance: whereas the Lord was there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For you have said, ‘Two nations and two lands will be mine, and I will possess them as an inheritance,’ though the Lord was in that place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/35.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Because you said: The two nations and the two lands belong to me; let us take possession of them—although the LORD was there—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Because you said, “These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,”—although the LORD was there—<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because you have said, These two nations and these two kingdoms are mine, and we will possess them, though the LORD was there;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because you said: "Two nations and two kingdoms are mine, and I have inherited them, and LORD JEHOVAH was there.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Because thou hast said: These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Because thou saidst, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10377" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/35.htm">A Prophecy Against Mount Seir</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">Because</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ă·mā·rə·ḵā (V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">you have said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">‘These two</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·tê (Number-fdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">countries</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·ye·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">ours,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: wî·raš·nū·hā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cp:: 3fs) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">and we will possess them,’</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">even though the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">was</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there,</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/27-41.htm">Genesis 27:41</a></span><br />Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-14</a></span><br />Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. / On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. / But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7</a></span><br />Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a></span><br />When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Jeremiah 49:7-22</a></span><br />Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? / Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him. / If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21-22</a></span><br />So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. / O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Amos 1:11-12</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly. / So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Malachi 1:2-4</a></span><br />“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” / Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-14.htm">Numbers 20:14-21</a></span><br />From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, / how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, / and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-4.htm">Deuteronomy 2:4-5</a></span><br />and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful. / Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-10.htm">2 Chronicles 20:10-11</a></span><br />And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them. / See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19</a></span><br />Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-43.htm">Matthew 5:43-44</a></span><br />You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ / But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-27.htm">Luke 6:27-28</a></span><br />But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, / bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-13.htm">Romans 9:13</a></span><br />So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:</p><p class="hdg">thou hast</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/36-5.htm">Ezekiel 36:5</a></b></br> 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 <i>their</i> heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/83-4.htm">Psalm 83:4-12</a></b></br> They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from <i>being</i> a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/49-1.htm">Jeremiah 49:1</a></b></br> Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why <i>then</i> doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?</p><p class="hdg">whereas.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/48-35.htm">Ezekiel 48:35</a></b></br> <i>It was</i> round about eighteen thousand <i>measures</i>: and the name of the city from <i>that</i> day <i>shall be</i>, The LORD <i>is</i> there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/48-1.htm">Psalm 48:1-3</a></b></br> A Song <i>and</i> Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great <i>is</i> the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, <i>in</i> the mountain of his holiness… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/76-1.htm">Psalm 76:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm <i>or</i> Song of Asaph. In Judah <i>is</i> God known: his name <i>is</i> great in Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/20-38.htm">Although</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-10.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm">Ours</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-24.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-24.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-16.htm">These</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-12.htm">Whereas</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/5-22.htm">Although</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-3.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm">Ours</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/daniel/6-3.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-20.htm">These</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-34.htm">Whereas</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 35</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/35-1.htm">The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel, and insulting over their distress</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/35.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/35.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Because you have said</b><br>This phrase introduces the accusation against Edom, highlighting their intentions and words. In biblical context, words often reveal the heart's intentions (<a href="/matthew/12-34.htm">Matthew 12:34</a>). The Edomites, descendants of Esau, harbored animosity towards Israel, descendants of Jacob, reflecting the ancient sibling rivalry (<a href="/genesis/25-23.htm">Genesis 25:23</a>).<p><b>‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’</b><br>The "two nations" refer to Israel and Judah, which were divided after Solomon's reign (1 Kings 12). Edom's desire to possess these lands indicates opportunistic aggression, taking advantage of Israel's weakened state post-exile. Historically, Edom sought to expand its territory during Judah's Babylonian captivity, reflecting a common practice of seizing land during times of vulnerability.<p><b>even though the LORD was there,</b><br>This phrase underscores the divine presence in Israel, despite their exile. Theologically, it affirms God's covenantal promise to dwell with His people (<a href="/exodus/29-45.htm">Exodus 29:45</a>). The presence of the LORD signifies protection and ownership, making Edom's claim not just against Israel, but against God Himself. This echoes the theme of God's sovereignty and His ultimate plan for restoration, as seen in prophecies like <a href="/ezekiel/37.htm">Ezekiel 37</a>, where God promises to reunite and restore Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a></b><br>A nation descended from Esau, Jacob's brother. Historically, Edom had a contentious relationship with Israel and Judah, often taking advantage of their misfortunes.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel_and_judah.htm">Israel and Judah</a></b><br>The two nations referred to in the verse. After the division of the united kingdom of Israel, these two nations represented the people of God, with Israel in the north and Judah in the south.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is present with His people and sovereign over all nations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_seir.htm">Mount Seir</a></b><br>The mountainous region associated with Edom, often used symbolically to represent the nation itself.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophet_ezekiel.htm">Prophet Ezekiel</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, who conveyed God's messages to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite human intentions and plans, God's presence and purposes prevail. Edom's claim over Israel and Judah disregarded God's sovereignty and presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_on_pride.htm">Judgment on Pride</a></b><br>Edom's pride and presumption led to their downfall. This serves as a warning against arrogance and taking advantage of others' misfortunes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Even when His people are in exile or distress, God remains with them. His promises and presence are constant, offering hope and assurance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_enmity.htm">The Danger of Enmity</a></b><br>The historical enmity between Edom and Israel serves as a reminder of the destructive nature of unresolved conflict and the importance of reconciliation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_justice.htm">Trust in God's Justice</a></b><br>Believers can trust that God will ultimately bring justice and vindication, even when wronged by others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_35.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 35</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_punish_all_edom_in_ezekiel_35.htm">Why would a just God, as portrayed in Ezekiel 35, enact collective punishment on entire generations of Edom?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_35_conflict_with_other_scriptures.htm">Does Ezekiel 35 conflict with other scriptures that suggest different fates or timelines for Edom?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_the_ammonites'_fall.htm">In Ezekiel 25:2-7, can any solid historical or archaeological evidence confirm the exact downfall of the Ammonites as predicted?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/35.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">These two countries shall be mine.--</span>In <a href="/context/ezekiel/35-3.htm" title="And say to it, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against you, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you most desolate.">Ezekiel 35:3-9</a> the sin charged upon Edom is its hatred of Israel; in <a href="/context/ezekiel/35-10.htm" title="Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:">Ezekiel 35:10-15</a>, its desire to possess itself of Israel's inheritance. The <span class= "ital">two</span> nations and countries are, of course, the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah.<p><span class= "bld">Whereas the Lord was there.--</span>This fact brings out the real sin. Edom desired Israel's possessions, not as it might have desired those of other nations, but knowing that this was the peculiar inheritance given by God to His people, and which it thought ought to have been given to itself as the elder branch, thus arraying itself in direct opposition to God.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/35.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Because thou hast said</span>. The second ground of Edom's punishment lay in this, that she had presumptuously as well as confidently exclaimed, not concerning Idumea and Judah, as Jerome conjectured, but concerning Israel and Judah when she saw them stripped of their inhabitants, <span class="cmt_word">These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it</span>; "it" meaning either the region over which the two countries extended, or, as Schroder suggests, Jerusalem their common capital (see <a href="/ezekiel/36-2.htm">Ezekiel 36:2</a>; and comp. <a href="/psalms/83-4.htm">Psalm 83:4-12</a>). And what constituted the gravamen of Edom's offense was that she had so spoken, <span class="cmt_word">whereas</span> (or, <span class="accented">though</span>) <span class="cmt_word">the Lord was there</span>. It is not necessary, with the LXX. and Kliefoth, to read "is there," to guard against the supposition that Ezekiel designed to suggest that, though Jehovah had formerly been in the land, he was there no longer. But, in point of fact, Jehovah had for a time withdrawn his visible presence from the temple and the city (see <a href="/ezekiel/10-18.htm">Ezekiel 10:18</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/11-22.htm">Ezekiel 11:22, 23</a>), though he had by no means renounced his right to the land; and Edom's error lay in not regarding this, but in acting as if Jehovah had departed from Israel for ever (Havernick); or (better, "and") in thinking he could appropriate to himself what really belonged to Jehovah, viz. the territory out of which Israel and Judah had been cast (Hengstenberg). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Because</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֣עַן</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have said,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲ֠מָרְךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·mā·rə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“These two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵ֨י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִ֜ם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁתֵּ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·tê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - fdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">countries</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֲרָצ֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be ours,</span><br /><span class="heb">תִהְיֶ֖ינָה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯih·ye·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and we will possess them,”</span><br /><span class="heb">וִֽירַשְׁנ֑וּהָ</span> <span class="translit">(wî·raš·nū·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">even though the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/35-10.htm">Ezekiel 35:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/35-10.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 35:10 Because you have said These two nations (Ezek. 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