Ezekiel 35:5-7
International Standard Version
5 “Because of your undying hatred, you kept on making the Israelis experience abuse[a] during the time of their calamity, even when they were in their final stages[b] of punishment, 6 therefore as I’m alive and living,” declares the Lord God, “I’m turning you over to bloodshed,[c] and bloodshed will certainly overtake you, since you never have hated shedding blood. That’s why bloodshed will certainly pursue you. 7 I’m turning Mount Seir over to ruin and desolation. I’m going to eliminate everyone who comes and goes,
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- Ezekiel 35:5 Lit. to the hand of the sword
- Ezekiel 35:5 Lit. time
- Ezekiel 35:6 The Heb. word blood sounds like Edom, the territory south of the Dead Sea in which Mt. Seir, the modern Jebel esh-sherá, is located
Ezekiel 35:5-7
New International Version
5 “‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword(A) at the time of their calamity,(B) the time their punishment reached its climax,(C) 6 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will give you over to bloodshed(D) and it will pursue you.(E) Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. 7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste(F) and cut off from it all who come and go.(G)
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