John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 35:6

"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." — Ezekiel 35:6 (ASV)

Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God
The form of an oath; the Lord swears by himself, because he could swear by no greater; and which he never does but in matters of importance, and for the confirmation of them, as the following is: I will prepare you unto blood ;
prepare them for war, which will issue in slaughter and blood, such as the battle at Armageddon, (Revelation 16:14Revelation 16:16) (Revelation 19:18Revelation 19:19) : or, "I will make you blood" ^F23 ; nothing else but blood; a mere "Aceldama", a field of blood; turn you into blood, as the sea, rivers, and fountains will be, at the pouring out the second and third vials, (Revelation 16:3Revelation 16:4) : and blood shall pursue you ;
the guilt and vengeance of blood; or the avengers of the blood of the saints; the angels that shall pour out the vials of wrath on Rome; the ten kings that shall hate the whore. So the Targum;

``they that slay with the sword shall pursue you;'' or the shedders of blood, as Ben Melech: says you have not hated blood ;
Jarchi reads it; "have hated blood": which he interprets of the blood of the sacrifices; as others, mentioned by him, of the blood of circumcision; and others, of his brother, who was his flesh and blood, and hated by him; but it is a figurative phrase, by which less is expressed than is intended. The sense is, you have loved blood; you have delighted in shedding blood; have thirsted after it, and drank plentifully of it, and even been drunk with it, as the whore of Rome is said to be, (Revelation 17:5) : even blood shall pursue you ;
this is repeated for the confirmation of it; and this was measure for measure; a just retaliation; having shed blood, it was but right that blood should pursue, and be given, (Revelation 16:5Revelation 16:6) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: (Kvea Mdl) "in sanguinem redigam te", Munster; "in sanguinem faciam te", Grotius; "sanguinem faciam te", Coceeius, Starckius.