Ezekiel - 35:7



7 Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 35:7.

Differing Translations

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Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
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 make mount Seir waste and desolate: and I will take away from it him that goeth and him that returneth.
And I will make mount Seir a desolation and an astonishment, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth;
And I have given mount Seir for a desolation and an astonishment, And have cut off from it him who is passing over and him who is returning,
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passes out and him that returns.
And I will make Mount Seir a cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings.
And I will make mount Seir desolate and deserted. And I will take away from it the one who departs and the one who returns.

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Historical Commentaries

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Thus will I make Mount Seir most desolate,.... By shedding the blood of the inhabitants of it; and as Rome will be, when it will be utterly burnt with fire, as that city will, and the flesh of the whore also, and made desolate; and when all the vials shall be poured out on the antichristian states under her jurisdiction, Revelation 16:1,
and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth: every traveller that passeth to and fro; it shall no more be frequented by merchants; nor will there be any merchandise any more in it, Revelation 18:11.

cut off . . . him that passeth--that is, every passer to and fro; "the highways shall be unoccupied" (Ezekiel 29:11; Judges 5:6).

That passeth out - All travellers that go to or from Edom.

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