Ezekiel 35
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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"Son of man, set your face against a Mount Seir and b prophesy against it,
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"and say to it, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
"Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you;
c I will stretch out My hand against you,
And make you most desolate;
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I shall lay your cities waste,
And you shall be desolate.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
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d "Because you have had an ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, e when their iniquity came to an end,
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"therefore, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will prepare you for f blood, and blood shall pursue you; g since you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.
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"Thus I will make Mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it the h one who leaves and the one who returns.
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"And I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those who are slain by the sword shall fall.
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i "I will make you perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; j then you shall know that I am the LORD.
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"Because you have said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will k possess them,' although l the LORD was there,
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"therefore, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will do m according to your anger and according to the envy which you showed in your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
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n "Then you shall know that I am the LORD. I have o heard all your p blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, 'They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.'
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"Thus q with your mouth you have boasted against Me and multiplied your r words against Me; I have heard them."
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'Thus says the Lord GOD: s "The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate.
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"As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, u so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom - all of it! Then they shall know that I am the LORD." '
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Cross References
Genesis 36:8
So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.
Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not meddle with them, for I will not give yo...
Jeremiah 25:21
Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon.
Jeremiah 49:7 - 22
Against Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: " Is...
Ezekiel 25:12 - 14
'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because of what Edom ...
Joel 3:19
Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolat...
Amos 1:11
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions o...
Amos 1:12
But I will send a fire upon Teman, Which shall ...
Obadiah 1:1
The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD c...
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Cross References
Amos 1:11
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity; His anger tore perpetually, And he kept his wrath forever.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 6:14
'So I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.' " '"
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Cross References
Ezekiel 25:12
'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,"
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Psalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation!
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.
Amos 1:11
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity; His anger tore perpetually, And he kept his wrath forever.
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Cross References
Isaiah 63:1 - 6
Who is this who comes from Edom, With dyed garments from Bozrah, This One who is glorious in His apparel, Traveling in the greatness of His strength? - "I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Ezekiel 16:38
And I will judge you as women who break wedlock or shed blood are judged; I will bring blood upon you in fury and jealousy.
Ezekiel 32:6
I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, Even to the mountains; And the riverbeds will be full of you.
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Cross References
Psalms 109:17
As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; As he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.
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Cross References
Judges 5:6
In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, The highways were deserted, And the travelers walked along the byways.
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Jeremiah 49:13
"For I have sworn by Myself," says the LORD, "that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual wastes."
Ezekiel 25:13
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 36:11
I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bear young; I will make you inhabited as in former times, and do better for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
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Cross References
Psalms 83:4 - 12
They have said, "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
Ezekiel 36:2
'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because the enemy has said of you, 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,' "'
Ezekiel 36:5
'therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country."'
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Cross References
Psalms 48:1 - 3
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In...
Psalms 132:13
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it...
Psalms 132:14
This is My resting place forever; Here I will d...
Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, For gr...
Ezekiel 48:35
"All the way around shall be eighteen thousand ...
Zephaniah 3:15
The LORD has taken away your judgments, He has ...
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Cross References
Matthew 7:2
For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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Cross References
Psalms 9:16
The LORD is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah
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Zephaniah 2:8
I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the insults of the people of Ammon, With which they have reproached My people, And made arrogant threats against their borders.
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Cross References
Isaiah 52:5
Now therefore, what have I here," says the LORD, "That My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them Make them wail," says the LORD, "And My name is blasphemed continually every day.
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1 Samuel 2:3
Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the LORD is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 36:3
Therefore prophesy, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because they made you desolate and swallowed you up on every side, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and you are taken up by the lips of talkers and slandered by the people" -
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Cross References
Isaiah 65:13
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, My servants shall eat, But you shall be hungry; Behold, My servants shall drink, But you shall be thirsty; Behold, My servants shall rejoice, But you shall be ashamed.
Isaiah 65:14
Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, But you shall cry for sorrow of heart, And wail for grief of spirit.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 50:11
Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, You destroyers of My heritage, Because you have grown fat like a heifer threshing grain, And you bellow like bulls.
Lamentations 4:21
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, You who dwell in the land of Uz! The cup shall also pass over to you And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.
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