Ezekiel 35 · Verse 3

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.
Ezekiel 35:3, King James Version

Ezekiel 35:3 in other translations

BSBand declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
WEBand tell it, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you. I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.
ASVand 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.
YLTand thou hast said to it: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am against thee, O mount Seir, And have stretched out My hand against thee, And made thee a desolation and an astonishment.
DARBYand say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.
BBEAnd say to it, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and my hand will be stretched out against you, and I will make you a waste and a cause for wonder.
WebsterAnd say to it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

What does Ezekiel 35:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. most desolate--literally, "desolation and desolateness" (Jr 49:17, &c.). It is only in their national character of foes to God's people, that the Edomites are to be utterly destroyed. A remnant of Edom, as of the other heathen, is to be "called by the name of God" (Am 9:12).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Most desolate - Literally, "A desolation and a wilderness."

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.

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 35:1-9 →

Ezekiel 35:3 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.

וְאָמַ֣רְתָּve.'a.Mar.taand you will sayH559
לּ֗וֹloto it
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
הִנְנִ֥יhi.Nihere IH2005
אֵלֶ֖יךָ'e.Lei.kha[am] against youH413
הַר\־har-O mountain ofH2022
שֵׂעִ֑ירse.'IrSeirH8165
וְנָטִ֤יתִיve.na.Ti.tiand I will stretch outH5186
יָדִי֙ya.Dihand myH3027
עָלֶ֔יךָ'a.Lei.khaon youH5921
וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu.ne.ta.Ti.khaand I will make youH5414
שְׁמָמָ֥הshe.ma.Maha desolationH8077
וּמְשַׁמָּֽה\׃u.me.sha.Mahand a wasteH4923

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 35:3

  • Jeremiah 6:12

    And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 15:6

    Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.

  • Ezekiel 6:14

    So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 35:7

    Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

  • Ezekiel 5:15

    So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.

  • Ezekiel 21:3

    And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

  • Ezekiel 29:10

    Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

  • Ezekiel 29:3

    Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

  • Nahum 2:13

    Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

  • Jeremiah 21:13

    Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

  • Ezekiel 25:13

    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.

  • Jeremiah 51:25

    Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I am.
5:8; 21:3; 29:3,10; Jer 21:13; Na 2:13; 3:5
and I will stretch.
6:14; Jer 6:12; 15:6; 51:25
most desolate. Heb. desolation and desolation.
7; 5:15

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Context

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 35:4

    I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 35:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dile: Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: He aquí yo contra ti, oh monte de Seir, y extenderé mi mano contra ti, y te pondré en asolamiento y en soledad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et dis-lui: Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: Voici, j’en veux à toi, montagne de Séhir; et j’étendrai ma main sur toi, et je te réduirai en désolation et en désert.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sprich zu ihm: So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Siehe, ich will an dich, Gebirge Seir; und ich werde meine Hand wider dich ausstrecken und dich zur Wüste und Verwüstung machen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ecce ego ad te, mons Seir: et extendam manum meam super te, et dabo te desolatum atque desertum.