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Ezekiel 35:4

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 35:4 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
Ezekiel 35:4 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 35

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
3and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.
4I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
5Because thou hast had a perpetual enmity, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
6therefore, 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.
7Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“I will lay thy cities waste, &c.] Such as Dedan, Teman, Bozrah, and other cities of Idumea mentioned in Scripture; and figuratively may design all within the jurisdiction of Rome, the several cities of the antichristian states, called “the cities of the nations”; which will fall at the pouring out of the vials, (<661619>Revelation 16:19): and thou shalt be desolate; thoroughly and entirely, and remain so: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; that has done all this; that the hand of God was in it; and that this is a punishment inflicted by him, for their sins after mentioned; but not that they should know the Lord spiritually and savingly, and so as to yield obedience to him, and own and…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“lay: Eze 35:9, Eze 6:6; Joe 3:19; Mal 1:3, Mal 1:4 and thou: Eze 35:9, Eze 35:12, Eze 6:7; Exo 9:14, Exo 14:4 Ezekiel 35:5”
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