Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 35:1

"Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying," — Ezekiel 35:1 (ASV)

In Ezekiel 35-36, we see the devastation of Edom and the restoration of Israel. Edom was included among the nations against which Ezekiel prophesied (Ezekiel 25:12–14). But its fuller doom was reserved for this section, because Edom was one of the surrounding nations that profited at first by Judah’s fall, and because this contrast serves to distinctly highlight the better future designed for Israel. Edom is the God-hating, God-opposing power, always distinguished by its bitter hatred against Israel; and so the ruin of Edom is the triumph of Israel in the power of God.