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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Ezekiel 35 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/35.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/35-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Ezekiel 35</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/34.htm" title="Ezekiel 34">◄</a> Ezekiel 35 <a href="../ezekiel/36.htm" title="Ezekiel 36">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/ezekiel/35.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Prophecy against Mount Seir</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A message came to me from the LORD and it went like this: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Son of Man, turn your attention<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:2 Lit. face">a</a></span> toward Mount Seir<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:2 This mountain, the modern Jebel esh-sherá, is located in the mountain range that extends south of the Dead Sea toward the Gulf of Aqaba, and is bordered by the Arabah Valley to the west.">b</a></span> and begin to prophesy against it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Tell them,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:3 Lit. him; i.e. the city personified as a single person">c</a></span> ‘This is what the Lord GOD says:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“Watch out! I’m coming to get you, Mount Seir!</p> <p class="poetry2">I’m stretching out my hand to strike you,</p> <p class="poetry2">and I’m going to turn you into a desolate wasteland.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I’m going to turn your cities into ghost towns,</p> <p class="poetry2">and you will become a ruin.</p> <p class="poetry2">Then you will learn</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">that I am the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Because of your undying hatred, you kept on making the Israelis experience abuse<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:5 Lit. to the hand of the sword">d</a></span> during the time of their calamity, even when they were in their final stages<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:5 Lit. time">e</a></span> of punishment, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>therefore as I’m alive and living,” declares the Lord GOD, “I’m turning you over to bloodshed,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:6 The Heb. word blood sounds like Edom, the territory south of the Dead Sea in which Mt. Seir, the modern Jebel esh-sherá, is located">f</a></span> and bloodshed will certainly overtake you, since you never have hated shedding blood. That’s why bloodshed will certainly pursue you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I’m turning Mount Seir over to ruin and desolation. I’m going to eliminate everyone who comes and goes, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and I’ll fill that<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:8 Lit. his">g</a></span> mountain with the dead. Those who die by violence<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:8 Lit. by the sword">h</a></span> will cover your hills, and fill your valleys and all your ravines! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will turn you into an everlasting wasteland, and your cities will never be inhabited. Then you’ll learn that I am the LORD!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“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="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>therefore as I’m alive and living” declares the Lord GOD, “I’m going to deal with you as your anger deserves. When I judge you, I’ll treat you like you did the Israelis<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="35:11 Lit. did them">i</a></span> —that is, with the same kind of envy that motivated your constant hatred of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>That’s how you’ll know that I, the LORD, have heard every loathsome, reviling thing that you’ve had to say against the mountains of Israel, such as, ‘They’re desolate, and we’ll eat them for dinner!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Not only that, you’ve arrogantly reviled me many times over, and I’ve heard every word! </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“So this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Just as the earth rejoices, I’m going to turn you into a desolate wasteland. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/35-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Just as you rejoiced when Israel’s inheritance became desolate, I’m going to do the same thing to you. Mount Seir, you and Edom—all of you—will become a desolate wasteland.’ Then they will learn that I am the LORD.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 35:2 Lit. <i>face</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 35:2 This mountain, the modern <i>Jebel esh-sherá</i>, is located in the mountain range that extends south of the Dead Sea toward the Gulf of Aqaba, and is bordered by the Arabah Valley to the west.<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 35:3 Lit. <i>him</i>; i.e. the city personified as a single person<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 35:5 Lit. <i>to the hand of the sword</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 35:5 Lit. <i>time</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 35:6 The Heb. word <i>blood</i> sounds like <i>Edom</i>, the territory south of the Dead Sea in which Mt. Seir, the modern <i>Jebel esh-sherá</i>, is located<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 35:8 Lit. <i>his</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 35:8 Lit. <i>by the sword</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 35:11 Lit. <i>did them</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/ezekiel/35-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>