Ezekiel 35 · Verse 6

Ezekiel 35:6

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
Ezekiel 35:6, King James Version

Ezekiel 35:6 in other translations

BSBtherefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
WEBtherefore, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will prepare you for blood, and blood will pursue you. Since you have not hated blood, therefore blood will pursue you.
ASVtherefore, 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.
YLTTherefore, I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee.
DARBYtherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will certainly appoint thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, blood shall pursue thee.
BBEFor this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you.
WebsterTherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee to blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

What does Ezekiel 35:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. I will prepare thee unto blood--I will expose thee to slaughter. sith--old English for "seeing that" or "since." thou hast not hated blood--The Hebrew order is, "thou hast hated not--blood"; that is, thou couldst not bear to live without bloodshed [Grotius]. There is a play on similar sounds in the Hebrew; Edom resembling dam, the Hebrew for "blood"; as "Edom" means "red," the transition to "blood" is easy. Edom, akin to blood in name, so also in nature and acts; "blood therefore shall pursue thee." The measure which Edom meted to others should be meted to himself (Psa 109:17; Mt 7:2; 26:52).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Blood shall pursue thee - Thou lovest blood, and thou shalt have blood. It is said that Cyrus and two hundred thousand men were slain in an ambush by Thomyris, queen of the Scythians, and that she cut ok his head, and threw it into a vessel filled with blood, with this severe sarcasm: - Satia te sanguine quem sitisti, Cyre. "O Cyrus, now satisfy thyself with blood." Hence, the figure: - "Sarcasmus, with this biting taunt doth kill: Cyrus, thy thirst was blood, now drink thy fill."

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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 35:6 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.

לָכֵ֣ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
חַי\־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416
אָ֗נִי'A.niof meH589
נְאֻם֙ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
לְדָ֥םle.Damto bloodH1818
אֶעֶשְׂךָ֖'e.'es.KhaI will appoint youH6213
וְדָ֣םve.Damand bloodH1818
יִרְדֲּפֶ֑ךָyir.da.Fe.khait will pursue youH7291
אִם\־'im-ifH518
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
דָ֛םdambloodH1818
שָׂנֵ֖אתָsa.Ne.tayou have hatedH8130
וְדָ֥םve.Damand bloodH1818
יִרְדֲּפֶֽךָ\׃yir.da.Fe.khait will pursue youH7291

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 35:6

  • Isaiah 63:2-6

    Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. …

  • Obadiah 1:15

    For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

  • Revelation 18:24

    And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

  • Revelation 18:6

    Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

  • Matthew 7:2

    For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

  • Revelation 16:5-7

    And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

  • Revelation 19:2-3

    For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

  • Psalms 109:16-17

    Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

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I will.
Ps 109:16; Isa 63:2-6; Ob 1:15; Mt 7:2; Re 16:5-7; 18:6,24; 19:2,3
sith.
Ps 109:17

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Context

  • Ezekiel 35:5

    Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

  • Ezekiel 35:6

    Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

  • Ezekiel 35:7

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

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Ezekiel 35:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto, vivo yo, dice el Señor Jehová, que á sangre te diputaré, y sangre te perseguirá: y pues la sangre no aborreciste, sangre te perseguirá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		à cause de cela, je suis vivant, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel, que je te mettrai à sang, et le sang te poursuivra; puisque tu n’as pas haï le sang, le sang te poursuivra.
German
Elberfelder 1871		darum, so wahr ich lebe, spricht der Herr, Jehova, werde ich dich zu Blut machen, und Blut wird dich verfolgen; weil du Blut nicht gehaßt, so soll Blut dich verfolgen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		propterea vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quoniam sanguini tradam te, et sanguis te persequetur: et cum sanguinem oderis, sanguis persequetur te.