Matthew Henry Commentary Ezekiel 35
Matthew Henry Commentary
Ezekiel 35
Matthew Henry Commentary
Ezekiel 35
"Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, and 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. I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah. Because 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; 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. Thus 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. 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. I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah." — Ezekiel 35:1-9 (ASV)
All who have God against them, have the word of God against them. Those who have a constant hatred for God and his people, as the carnal mind has, can only expect to be made desolate forever.
"Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there: therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast showed out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee. And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, have heard all thy revilings which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour. And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah." — Ezekiel 35:10-15 (ASV)
When we see the vanity of the world in the disappointments, losses, and crosses that others encounter, instead of being greedy for worldly things, we should hold them more loosely.
In the multitude of words, not one is unknown to God; not the most idle word; and the most daring is not beyond his rebuke.
In the destruction of the enemies of the church, God intends his own glory; and we can be sure that he will not fall short of his design. And when the fullness of the Jews and Gentiles enters the church, all antichristian opposers will be destroyed.
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