Ezekiel 35:3

and 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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh commands Ezekiel to deliver a declaration of judgment to Mount Seir, promising to stretch out His hand and reduce it to desolation.

The words — The phrase הִנְ/נִי אֵלֶי/ךָ (hi./Ni 'e.Lei./kha) literally means "here I am against you," establishing the confrontation as a direct divine action rather than a passive event.

The thread — The motif of God stretching out His hand to enact desolation appears in Jeremiah 6:12, Jeremiah 15:6, and Ezekiel 6:14.

Why it lands — The text requires the recipient to recognize that ruin is initiated by divine declaration, demanding acknowledgment of God's sovereign authority over nations.

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The Hebrew words

וְאָמַ֣רְתָּve./'a.Mar.taand/ you will sayלּ֗וֹl/oto/ itכֹּ֤הkohthus אָמַר֙'a.Marhe says אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahweh הִנְנִ֥יhi./Nihere/ I אֵלֶ֖יךָ'e.Lei./kha[am] against/ you הַר־har-O mountain of שֵׂעִ֑ירse.'IrSeir וְנָטִ֤יתִיve./na.Ti.tiand/ I will stretch out יָדִי֙ya.D/ihand/ my עָלֶ֔יךָ'a.Lei./khaon/ you וּנְתַתִּ֖יךָu./ne.ta.Ti./khaand/ I will make/ you שְׁמָמָ֥הshe.ma.Maha desolation וּמְשַׁמָּֽה׃u./me.sha.Mahand/ a waste

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 6:12 Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 15:6 You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
Ezekiel 6:14 I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
Ezekiel 35:7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.
Jeremiah 21:13 Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
Jeremiah 51:25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
Ezekiel 5:15 So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Ezekiel 21:3 and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
Ezekiel 25:13 therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.