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Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/35.htm">New Living Translation</a> As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, since you show no distaste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has come! <a href="/esv/ezekiel/35.htm">English Standard Version</a> therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/35.htm">King James Bible</a> Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/35.htm">New King James Version</a> therefore, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; since you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> therefore as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “I will certainly doom you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/35.htm">NASB 1995</a> therefore as I live,&#8221 declares the Lord GOD, &#8220I will give you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a> therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “I will give you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> therefore as I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “I will prepare you for bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; you surely have not hated bloodshed, so bloodshed will pursue you. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a> therefore, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will hand you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you since you have not hated bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> therefore, as I live—this is the declaration of the Lord GOD—I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> therefore, as I live"—this is the declaration of the Lord GOD—"I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/35.htm">American Standard Version</a> therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/35.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> And so, as surely as I am the living LORD God, you are guilty of murder and must be put to death. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/35.htm">English Revised Version</a> therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> That is why, as I live, declares the Almighty LORD, I will let you be murdered. Murderers will pursue you. Since you don't hate murdering people, murder will pursue you. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/35.htm">Good News Translation</a> So then--as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God--death is your fate, and you cannot escape it. You are guilty of murder, and murder will follow you. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/35.htm">International Standard Version</a> therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the Lord GOD, "I'm turning you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will certainly overtake you, since you never have hated shedding blood. That's why bloodshed will certainly pursue you. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. <a href="/net/ezekiel/35.htm">NET Bible</a> Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> therefore, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee to blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. <a href="/web/ezekiel/35.htm">World English Bible</a> therefore, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I will prepare you for blood, and blood will pursue you. Since you have not hated blood, therefore blood will pursue you. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Therefore, [as] I live—a declaration of Lord YHWH, "" Surely I appoint you for blood, "" And blood pursues you, "" If you have not hated blood, "" Blood also pursues you. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For this, I live, says the Lord Jehovah, for I will make thee for blood and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hatedst not blood, and blood shall pursue thee.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God, I will deliver thee up to blood, and blood shall pursue thee: and whereas thou hast hated blood, blood shall pursue thee. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Because of this, as I live, says the Lord God, I will hand you over to blood, and blood will pursue you. Even though you have hated blood, blood will pursue you. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/35.htm">New American Bible</a> therefore, as I live—oracle of the Lord GOD—you are guilty of blood, and blood, I swear, shall pursue you. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed shall pursue you.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore, as I live, says the LORD God, I will deliver you to the slaughter, and blood shall pursue you; the blood which you have hated, that very blood shall pursue you. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because of this, I live says, THE LORD OF LORDS. How shall I do to you? And blood shall pursue you; the blood that you hated, that blood shall pursue you<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; surely thou hast hated thine own blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, verily thou hast sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=10334" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/35.htm">A Prophecy Against Mount Seir</a> …5Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment, 6<a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">as surely as I</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay- (N-ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">live,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ’e·‘eś·ḵā (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">I will give you over</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: lə·ḏām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">to bloodshed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: wə·ḏām (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">and it</a> <a href="/hebrew/7291.htm" title="7291: yir·dă·p̄e·ḵā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To pursue, chase, persecute. A primitive root; to run after (of time) gone by).">will pursue you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">Since</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm" title="8130: śā·nê·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To hate. A primitive root; to hate.">hate</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: ḏām (N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">bloodshed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: wə·ḏām (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/7291.htm" title="7291: yir·dă·p̄e·ḵā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To pursue, chase, persecute. A primitive root; to run after (of time) gone by).">will pursue you.</a> 7I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10-14</a> 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. ... <a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-8</a> 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. / And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat. ... <a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Jeremiah 49:7-22</a> 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? ... <a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Amos 1:11-12</a> 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.” <a href="/malachi/1-3.htm">Malachi 1:3-4</a> 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. <a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7</a> Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!” <a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21-22</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a> Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ... <a href="/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19</a> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-29</a> This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.” / So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me, ... <a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Isaiah 41:11-12</a> Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing. <a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Isaiah 11:14</a> They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them. <a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Isaiah 21:11-12</a> This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?” / The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.” <a href="/matthew/25-31.htm">Matthew 25:31-46</a> When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. / All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. ... <a href="/romans/12-19.htm">Romans 12:19</a> Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore, as I live, said the Lord GOD, I will prepare you to blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, even blood shall pursue you.I will<a href="/psalms/109-16.htm">Psalm 109:16</a> Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.<a href="/isaiah/63-2.htm">Isaiah 63:2-6</a> Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? … <a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm">Obadiah 1:15</a> For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.sith<a href="/psalms/109-17.htm">Psalm 109:17</a> As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/34-31.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-5.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-9.htm">Bloodshed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-3.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-31.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-5.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-28.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Live</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-3.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-14.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-38.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-3.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-8.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/35-11.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Bloodshed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-7.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-11.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-11.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-11.htm">Live</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-7.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/hosea/2-7.htm">Pursue</a> <a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-14.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-11.htm">Surely</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 35</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/35-1.htm">The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel, and insulting over their distress</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, This phrase emphasizes the certainty and authority of God's pronouncement. The phrase "as surely as I live" is an oath formula, underscoring the seriousness and unchangeable nature of God's words. It reflects God's eternal existence and His sovereign power to execute judgment. This is a common expression in prophetic literature, highlighting the divine authority behind the message (e.g., <a href="/numbers/14-21.htm">Numbers 14:21</a>, <a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Isaiah 49:18</a>).I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. This is a declaration of judgment against Edom, a nation historically hostile to Israel. The term "bloodshed" signifies violence and death, indicating that Edom will face the consequences of its own violent actions. The imagery of bloodshed pursuing them suggests an inescapable retribution. This reflects the biblical principle of reaping what one sows (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>). Historically, Edom's enmity with Israel is well-documented, and this prophecy aligns with the broader biblical narrative of divine justice against nations that oppose God's people (<a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Obadiah 1:10</a>).Since you did not hate bloodshed, Edom's failure to abhor violence is highlighted here. Their complacency or even delight in violence, particularly against Israel, is condemned. This reflects a moral indictment, as they are judged not only for their actions but also for their attitudes. The biblical ethic calls for a love of justice and mercy (<a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>), and Edom's disregard for these values leads to their downfall.it will pursue you. The repetition of the phrase emphasizes the inevitability and persistence of the coming judgment. The pursuit of bloodshed suggests that Edom cannot escape the consequences of its actions. This mirrors the biblical theme of divine retribution, where the punishment fits the crime (<a href="/psalms/7-15.htm">Psalm 7:15-16</a>). The relentless nature of this pursuit underscores the seriousness of their sin and the certainty of God's justice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration. 2. <a href="/topical/m/mount_seir.htm">Mount Seir</a> A mountainous region associated with Edom, the descendants of Esau. It symbolizes the perpetual enmity between Edom and Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a> The sovereign and just God who declares judgment against Edom for their perpetual hostility and violence against Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/e/edomites.htm">Edomites</a> The descendants of Esau, who harbored animosity towards the Israelites, their kin through Jacob. 5. <a href="/topical/b/bloodshed.htm">Bloodshed</a> Represents violence and hostility, which Edom is accused of perpetuating against Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_is_inevitable.htm">God's Justice is Inevitable</a> The passage underscores that God's justice will prevail against those who perpetuate violence and hostility. Believers are reminded that God sees all and will act in His time. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_hatred.htm">The Consequences of Hatred</a> Edom's failure to reject bloodshed led to their own destruction. Christians are called to love and peace, avoiding the destructive path of hatred. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_reconciliation.htm">The Importance of Reconciliation</a> The historical enmity between Edom and Israel serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of unresolved conflict. Believers are encouraged to seek reconciliation and peace. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> The declaration "as surely as I live" emphasizes God's unchanging nature and His ultimate control over nations and history. <a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_our_actions.htm">Reflecting on Our Actions</a> Just as Edom faced consequences for their actions, believers are urged to reflect on their own lives, ensuring they align with God's will and avoid paths that lead to spiritual destruction.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_35.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 35</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_god_vs._satan.htm">What does the Bible say about God versus Satan?</a> <a href="/q/key_themes_in_ezekiel's_life.htm">What are the key themes in Ezekiel's life story?</a> <a href="/q/does_god_change_his_mind_or_not.htm">Does God change his mind? I Samuel 15:10-11, 15:35, and Genesis 6:6-7 suggest yes, while I Samuel 15:29 suggests no. How do these contradictions reconcile?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_4_creatures_in_revelation.htm">What are the four living creatures in Revelation?</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>(6) I will prepare thee unto blood.--Rather, I will make thee blood. There is here a play upon the name of Edom in the original: I will make thee dom (=blood); Edom itself means red. The latter part of the verse brings out, as frequently, the congruity of the punishment: violence shall come upon him who has loved ("not hated ") violence.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/35.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - I will prepare thee unto blood. This peculiar expression was probably selected because of the suggestion of the name Edom ("red") contained in the term dam ("blood") - though Smend doubts this - and designed to intimate that Edom's name would eventually be verified in Edom's fate. And blood shall pursue thee. "As blood-guiltiness invariably pursues a murderer, cries for vengeance, and delivers him up to punishment" (Havernick), so should blood follow in the steps of Edom. The translation of Ewald, who reads מַעַשְׂך instead of אֶעֶשְׂך, "And because thy inclination is after blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee," is hardly an improvement, and is besides unnecessary. Sith thou hast not hated blood. So render Ewald, Keil, Kliefoth, Havernick, Schroder, Plumptre, and the Revised Version, meaning that Edom had loved bloodshed. Kimchi, Hitzig, Hengstenberg, Smend, and Fairbairn regard אִמאּלֹא as a particle of strong affirmation, equivalent to "forsooth," "verily," and understand the prophet to say that 'Edom had hated blood. As to the precise import of this rendering, diversity of sentiment prevails. Some, with Theodoret, explain "blood" as an allusion to the blood-relationship of Esau and Jacob, Edom and Israel, and hold the charge to be that Edom had hated his "brother" Israel. Others, with Hengstenberg, take the blood Edom hated to be the blood he had shed. Hitzig and Fairbairn suppose the sense to be that Edom hated the idea of his own blood being shed. Even - better, therefore (Revised Version) - blood shall pursue thee. A parallel to this expression is supplied by <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22, 45</a>. According to the first or commonly accepted exposition of the preceding clause, the sense is that Edom would ultimately fall beneath the great law of retribution, and reap as she had sown - blood for blood; according to the second, the allusion is to the fact that what Edom now most dreaded, the shedding of his own blood, would be that which should ultimately overtake him (cf. <a href="/ezekiel/11-8.htm">Ezekiel 11:8</a>; <a href="/job/3-25.htm">Job 3:25</a>). <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>therefore, לָכֵ֣ן (lā·ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus as surely as I אָ֗נִי (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I live, חַי־ (ḥay-) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life declares נְאֻם֙ (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD, יְהוִ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel I will give you over אֶעֶשְׂךָ֖ (’e·‘eś·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make to bloodshed לְדָ֥ם (lə·ḏām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed and [it] וְדָ֣ם (wə·ḏām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed will pursue you. יִרְדֲּפֶ֑ךָ (yir·dă·p̄e·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7291.htm">Strong's 7291: </a> To pursue, chase, persecute Since אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you did not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no hate שָׂנֵ֖אתָ (śā·nê·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8130.htm">Strong's 8130: </a> To hate bloodshed, דָ֛ם (ḏām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed it וְדָ֥ם (wə·ḏām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed will pursue you. יִרְדֲּפֶֽךָ׃ (yir·dă·p̄e·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7291.htm">Strong's 7291: </a> To pursue, chase, persecute <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Ezekiel 35:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-6.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 35:6 Therefore as I live says the Lord (Ezek. 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