Ezekiel 35 · Verse 2

Ezekiel 35:2

Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Ezekiel 35:2, King James Version

Ezekiel 35:2 in other translations

BSB“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
WEB“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
ASVSon of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
YLT‘Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
DARBYSon of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
BBESon of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it,
WebsterSon of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

What does Ezekiel 35:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Eze 35:1-15. Judgment on Edom.

Another feature of Israel's prosperity; those who exulted over Israel's humiliation, shall themselves be a "prey." Already stated in Eze 25:12-14; properly repeated here in full detail, as a commentary on Eze 34:28. The Israelites "shall be no more a prey"; but Edom, the type of their most bitter foes, shall be destroyed irrecoverably. 2. Mount Seir--that is, Idumea (Ge 36:9). Singled out as badly pre-eminent in its bitterness against God's people, to represent all their enemies everywhere and in all ages. So in Is 34:5; 63:1-4, Edom, the region of the greatest enmity towards God's people, is the ideal scene of the final judgments of all God's foes. "Seir" means "shaggy," alluding to its rugged hills and forests.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Set thy face against Mount Seir - That is, against the Edomites. This prophecy was probably delivered about the time of the preceding, and before the destruction of Idumea by Nebuchadnezzar, which took place about five years after. Calmet supposes that two destructions of Idumea are here foretold; one by Nebuchadnezzar, and the other by the Jews after their return from their captivity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 35:1-9

A prophecy against Edom. Verses 1-9 All who have God against them, have the word of God against them. Those that have a constant hatred to God and his people, as the carnal mind has, can only expect to be made desolate for ever.

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Ezekiel 35:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֶּן\־ben-O son ofH1121
אָדָ֕ם'a.DamhumankindH120
שִׂ֥יםsimsetH7760
פָּנֶ֖יךָpa.Nei.khaface yourH6440
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַ֣רhar[the] mountain ofH2022
שֵׂעִ֑ירse.'IrSeirH8165
וְהִנָּבֵ֖אve.hi.na.Ve'and prophesyH5012
עָלָֽיו\׃'a.Lavon itH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 35:2

  • Genesis 32:3

    And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

  • Ezekiel 6:2

    Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

  • Ezekiel 25:8

    Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

  • Amos 1:11-12

    Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

  • Ezekiel 21:2

    Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

  • Ezekiel 25:2

    Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

  • Ezekiel 32:29

    There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

  • Obadiah 1:10-14

    For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; …

  • Ezekiel 25:12-14

    Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:22-23

    And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

  • Isaiah 34:1-17

    Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. …

  • Ephesians 6:19

    And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
set.
6:2; 20:46; 21:2; 25:2; Isa 50:7; Eph 6:19
mount.
25:8; Ge 32:3; 36:8,9; De 2:5; Jos 24:4; 2Ch 20:10,22,23; 25:11-14
and prophesy.
25:12-14; 32:29; Ps 83:3-18; Isa 34:1-17; 63:1-6; Jer 9:25,26
Jer 49:7-22; La 4:21,22; Am 1:11,12; Ob 1:1,10-14

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Context

  • Ezekiel 35:1

    Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

  • Ezekiel 35:2

    Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

  • Ezekiel 35:3

    And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

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Ezekiel 35:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hijo del hombre, pon tu rostro hacia el monte de Seir, y profetiza contra él,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Fils d’homme, tourne ta face contre la montagne de Séhir, et prophétise contre elle,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Menschensohn, richte dein Angesicht wider das Gebirge Seir, und weissage wider dasselbe
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam adversum montem Seir, et prophetabis de eo, et dices illi: