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Your hills, your valleys, and your ravines will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/35.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will fill its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain with the sword shall fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/35.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will fill his mountains with his slain <i>men</i>: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/35.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those who are slain by the sword shall fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with its slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/35.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I will fill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I will fill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with its slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your ravines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with the slain; those slain by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with the slain; those slain by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/35.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will fill its mountains with its slain: in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy watercourses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/35.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Dead bodies will cover your mountains and fill up your valleys, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/35.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will fill his mountains with his slain: in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy watercourses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will fill your mountains with those who have been killed. Those killed in battle will fall on your hills and in your valleys and ravines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/35.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will cover the mountains with corpses, and the bodies of those who are killed in battle will cover the hills and valleys. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/35.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and I'll fill that mountain with the dead. Those who die by violence will cover your hills, and fill your valleys and all your ravines! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/35.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with its slain: in your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses shall they fall who are slain with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/35.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with its slain. The slain with the sword will fall in your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And filled his mountains with his wounded, "" Your hills, and your valleys, and all your streams, "" The pierced of the sword fall into them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And filled his mountains with his wounded, Thy hills, and thy valleys, and all thy streams, The pierced of the sword fall into them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I filled his mountains with his wounded: in thy hills and in thy valleys, and all thy torrents the wounded of the sword shall fall in them:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will fill his mountains with his men that are slain: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in thy torrents they shall fall that are slain with the sword. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will fill up its mountains with its slain. In your hills, and in your valleys, as well as in your torrents, the slain will fall by the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/35.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with the slain; those slain by the sword shall fall on your hills, into your valleys and all your ravines. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses those killed with the sword shall fall.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will fill his mountains with his slain; on your crags and on your hills and in your valleys shall they fall that are slain with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall fill his mountains with his slain, your cliffs and your hills and your valleys. The slain of the sword shall fall in them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will fill his mountains with his slain; in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy streams shall they fall that are slain with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and I will fill thy hills and thy valleys with slain men, and in all thy plains there shall fall in thee men slain with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/35-8.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=10356" 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">7</span>I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: ū·mil·lê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">I will fill</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/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">its mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/2491.htm" title="2491: ḥă·lā·lāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Pierced, polluted. From chalal; pierced; figuratively, polluted.">with the slain;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2491.htm" title="2491: ḥal·lê- (N-mpc) -- Pierced, polluted. From chalal; pierced; figuratively, polluted.">those killed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">by the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: yip·pə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: giḇ·‘ō·w·ṯe·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock.">on your hills,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1516.htm" title="1516: wə·ḡê·’ō·w·ṯe·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- A valley. Or gay; probably from the same root as gevah; a gorge.">in your valleys,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and in all</a> <a href="/hebrew/650.htm" title="650: ’ă·p̄î·qe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A channel. From 'acaph; properly, containing, i.e. A tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero.">your ravines.</a> </span><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.…<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="/isaiah/34-3.htm">Isaiah 34:3</a></span><br />Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm">Jeremiah 49:13</a></span><br />For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-17.htm">Jeremiah 49:17</a></span><br />“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Jeremiah 25:33</a></span><br />Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Isaiah 13:21-22</a></span><br />But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. / Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-10.htm">Isaiah 34:10-11</a></span><br />It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it. / The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-12.htm">Jeremiah 50:12-13</a></span><br />your mother will be greatly ashamed; she who bore you will be disgraced. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. / Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37</a></span><br />Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Revelation 19:21</a></span><br />And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a></span><br />“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2</a></span><br />The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Jeremiah 9:11</a></span><br />“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Jeremiah 19:8</a></span><br />I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Revelation 18:2</a></span><br />And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/31-12.htm">Ezekiel 31:12</a></b></br> And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/32-4.htm">Ezekiel 32:4,5</a></b></br> Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/39-4.htm">Ezekiel 39:4,5</a></b></br> Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that <i>is</i> with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and <i>to</i> the beasts of the field to be devoured… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/34-3.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-27.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-23.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-5.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-15.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-15.htm">Full</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-3.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-3.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-14.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-31.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Ravines</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Rivers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-32.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-5.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-5.htm">Valleys</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Watercourses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-6.htm">Water-Courses</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-13.htm">Water-Streams</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-23.htm">Wounded</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/36-18.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-15.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-20.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Full</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-41.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-12.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/daniel/7-15.htm">Pierced</a> <a href="/numbers/21-14.htm">Ravines</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Rivers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-9.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-8.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Valleys</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Watercourses</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-25.htm">Water-Courses</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Water-Streams</a> <a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Wounded</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'; 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In the context of Ezekiel, this prophecy is directed against Mount Seir, representing Edom. Historically, Edom was a perpetual enemy of Israel, and this judgment reflects God's retribution for Edom's hostility. The imagery of mountains filled with the slain underscores the totality and severity of the judgment. Mountains in biblical literature often symbolize stability and permanence, but here they become sites of devastation, highlighting the reversal of fortune for Edom.<p><b>those killed by the sword will fall on your hills,</b><br>The sword is a common biblical symbol of warfare and divine judgment. The mention of those killed by the sword falling on the hills suggests a widespread and inescapable destruction. Hills, like mountains, were strategic locations in ancient warfare, often used for defense. The prophecy indicates that even these elevated places will not provide safety from God's judgment. This can be connected to other biblical passages where the sword is used as an instrument of God's wrath, such as in <a href="/jeremiah/25-31.htm">Jeremiah 25:31</a>, emphasizing the inevitability of divine justice.<p><b>in your valleys,</b><br>Valleys in the ancient Near East were often fertile and populated areas, essential for agriculture and habitation. The mention of valleys in this context suggests that the judgment will affect both the high and low places, leaving no part of the land untouched. This comprehensive destruction serves as a warning to those who oppose God's people. The valleys, typically places of life and sustenance, become sites of death, illustrating the complete reversal of Edom's fortunes.<p><b>and in all your ravines.</b><br>Ravines, being narrow and often difficult to traverse, symbolize hidden or protected areas. The inclusion of ravines in the prophecy indicates that there will be no refuge from the coming judgment. This reflects the thoroughness of God's retribution, as even the most secluded places will not escape His wrath. The imagery of ravines filled with the slain reinforces the totality of the devastation. This can be seen as a fulfillment of the broader biblical theme of God's justice reaching every corner of the earth, as seen in <a href="/amos/9-3.htm">Amos 9:3</a>, where even the depths of the sea cannot hide from God's hand.<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, often at odds with Israel. In <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/35.htm">Ezekiel 35</a>, Edom is the subject of God's judgment due to its perpetual enmity against Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_seir.htm">Mount Seir</a></b><br>The mountainous region associated with Edom. It symbolizes the pride and hostility of Edom against God's people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who conveyed messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_slain.htm">The Slain</a></b><br>Refers to those who will fall as a result of God's judgment against Edom, symbolizing the complete desolation and defeat of those who oppose God's will.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sword.htm">The Sword</a></b><br>Represents divine judgment and warfare, a common biblical metaphor for God's retributive justice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_is_inevitable.htm">God's Justice is Inevitable</a></b><br>The prophecy against Edom reminds us that God's justice will ultimately prevail against those who oppose His people and His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/pride_leads_to_destruction.htm">Pride Leads to Destruction</a></b><br>Edom's downfall is a cautionary tale about the dangers of pride and hostility towards God's chosen people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>This passage underscores God's control over the rise and fall of nations, affirming His ultimate authority in world affairs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_enmity.htm">The Consequences of Enmity</a></b><br>The perpetual enmity between Edom and Israel serves as a warning against harboring hatred and seeking revenge.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_the_faithful.htm">Hope for the Faithful</a></b><br>While the passage speaks of judgment, it also implies hope for those who remain faithful to God, as His justice will vindicate them.<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/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/ezekiel_6_2-3__literal_mountains'_fate.htm">In Ezekiel 6:2-3, how can an address to literal mountains make sense, and is there any historical or archaeological record of a catastrophe specifically targeting these mountains?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_edomites_exist_post-ezekiel_35_7-9.htm">How can we reconcile the prophecy of total destruction in Ezekiel 35:7-9 with any evidence that Edomites or their descendants continued to exist?</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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/35.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Rivers.</span>--As elsewhere = river-courses, in which water was found only at times.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/35.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And I will fill his mountains with his slain</span>; literally, <span class="accented">pierced through</span>; hence mortally wounded. Then Edom's desolation would result from an exterminating war, which should fill its <span class="cmt_word">hills, valleys, and rivers</span>, or rather, <span class="accented">water-courses</span>, with slaughtered men (cf. <a href="/ezekiel/31-12.htm">Ezekiel 31:12</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/32-5.htm">Ezekiel 32:5</a>). The physical features of Edom here specified by the prophet have often been attested by travelers. "Idumea embraces a section of a broad mountain range, extending in breadth from the valley of the Arabah to the desert plateau of Arabia. The ravines which intersect these sandstone mountains are very remarkable. Take them as a whole, there is nothing like them in the world, especially those near Petra. The deep valleys and the little terraces along the mountain-sides, and the broad downs upon their summits, are covered with rich soil, in which trees, shrubs, and flowers grow luxuriantly" (Porter, in Kitto's 'Cyclopaedia,' art. "Idumea"). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/35-8.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">I will fill</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִלֵּאתִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mil·lê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the slain;</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲלָלָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·lā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2491.htm">Strong's 2491: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pierced, polluted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those killed</span><br /><span class="heb">חַלְלֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḥal·lê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2491.htm">Strong's 2491: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pierced, polluted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by the sword</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶ֖רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will fall</span><br /><span class="heb">יִפְּל֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yip·pə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on your hills,</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּבְעוֹתֶ֤יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(giḇ·‘ō·w·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1389.htm">Strong's 1389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hillock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your valleys,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגֵאוֹתֶ֙יךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡê·’ō·w·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1516.htm">Strong's 1516: </a> </span><span class="str2">A valley</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and in all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your ravines.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲפִיקֶ֔יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·p̄î·qe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_650.htm">Strong's 650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Containing, a tube, a bed, valley of a, stream, a strong thing, a hero</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/35-8.htm">Ezekiel 35:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/35-8.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 35:8 I will fill its mountains with its (Ezek. 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