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Monday, July 28th, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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New Century Version

Ezekiel 35:7

I will make Edom an empty ruin and destroy everyone who goes in or comes out of it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Edomites;   The Topic Concordance - Desolation;   Enemies;   Hate;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Edomites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sela;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Edom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Seir, Mount;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Edom;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezekiel;   Negeb;   Obadiah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus will I make Mount Se`ir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns.
King James Version
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
English Standard Version
I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
New American Standard Bible
"I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will eliminate from it one who passes through and returns.
Amplified Bible
"I will make Mount Seir (Edom) a ruin and a desolate wasteland and I will cut off from it the one who passes through it and the one who returns.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus will I make mount Seir desolate and waste, and cut off from it him that passeth out & him that returneth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns.
Berean Standard Bible
I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.
Contemporary English Version
I will destroy your nation and kill anyone who travels through it.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yes, I will make Mount Se‘ir utterly desolate, cutting off from it anyone passing through or returning.
Darby Translation
And I will make mount Seir a desolation and an astonishment, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth;
Easy-to-Read Version
I will make Mount Seir an empty ruin. I will kill everyone who enters or leaves that city.
George Lamsa Translation
I will make mount Seir waste and desolate, and destroy from it him that goes out and him that comes in.
Good News Translation
I will make the hill country of Edom a wasteland and kill everyone who travels through it.
Lexham English Bible
And I will make the mountain of Seir into a desolation and ruin, and I will cut off from it both he who is crossing over and he who is returning.
Literal Translation
And I will make Mount Seir a ruin and a waste, and cut off from it the one passing through, and the one returning.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus wil I make the mount Seir desolate & waist, and bringe to passe, that there shall no man go thither, ner come from thence.
American Standard Version
Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.
Bible in Basic English
And I will make Mount Seir a cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.
King James Version (1611)
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out, & him that returneth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus wyll I make the mount Seir desolate and waste, and cut out from it him that passeth out, and him that returneth:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will make mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle:
English Revised Version
Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.
World English Bible
Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal yyue the hil of Seir desolat and forsakun, and Y schal take awei fro it a goere and a comere ayen;
Update Bible Version
Thus I will make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passes through and him that returns.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
New English Translation
I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; I will cut off from it the one who passes through or returns.
New King James Version
Thus I will make Mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it the one who leaves and the one who returns.
New Living Translation
I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return.
New Life Bible
I will destroy Mount Seir and make it a waste. And I will kill all who travel through it.
New Revised Standard
I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation; and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then I will deliver up Mount Seir to desolation after desolation,- And will cut off therefrom him that passeth by and him that returneth,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will make mount Seir waste and desolate: and I will take away from it him that goeth and him that returneth.
Revised Standard Version
I will make Mount Se'ir a waste and a desolation; and I will cut off from it all who come and go.
Young's Literal Translation
And I have given mount Seir for a desolation and an astonishment, And have cut off from it him who is passing over and him who is returning,

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord spoke his word to me, saying: 2 "Human, look toward Edom and prophesy against it. 3 Say to it: ‘This is what the Lord God says: I am against you, Edom. I will stretch out my hand against you and make you an empty desert. 4 I will destroy your cities, and you will become empty. Then you will know that I am the Lord . 5 "‘You have always been an enemy of Israel. You let them be defeated in war when they were in trouble at the time of their final punishment. 6 So the Lord God says, as surely as I live, I will let you be murdered. Murder will chase you. Since you did not hate murdering people, murder will chase you. 7 I will make Edom an empty ruin and destroy everyone who goes in or comes out of it. 8 I will fill its mountains with those who are killed. Those killed in war will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines. 9 I will make you a ruin forever; no one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

most desolate: Heb. desolation and desolation, Ezekiel 35:3, Ezekiel 35:9, Ezekiel 33:28, *marg.

passeth: Ezekiel 29:11, Judges 5:6, Judges 5:7, 2 Chronicles 15:5, 2 Chronicles 15:6

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 49:17 - Edom Obadiah 1:10 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 28:13
Then Jacob saw the Lord standing above the ladder, and he said, "I am the Lord , the God of Abraham your grandfather, and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are now sleeping.
Genesis 28:19
At first, the name of that city was Luz, but Jacob named it Bethel.
Genesis 28:22
This stone which I have set up on its end will be the house of God. And I will give God one-tenth of all he gives me."
Genesis 35:1
God said to Jacob, "Go to the city of Bethel and live there. Make an altar to the God who appeared to you there when you were running away from your brother Esau."
Genesis 35:3
We will leave here and go to Bethel. There I will build an altar to God, who has helped me during my time of trouble. He has been with me everywhere I have gone."
Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had, and the earrings they were wearing, and he hid them under the great tree near the town of Shechem.
Genesis 35:5
Then Jacob and his sons left there. But God caused the people in the nearby cities to be afraid, so they did not follow them.
Exodus 17:15
Then Moses built an altar and named it The Lord Is My Banner.
Judges 6:24
So Gideon built an altar there to worship the Lord and named it The Lord Is Peace. It still stands at Ophrah, where the Abiezrites live.
Ezekiel 48:35
"The city will measure about six miles around. From then on the name of the city will be The Lord Is There."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus will I make Mount Seir most desolate,.... By shedding the blood of the inhabitants of it; and as Rome will be, when it will be utterly burnt with fire, as that city will, and the flesh of the whore also, and made desolate; and when all the vials shall be poured out on the antichristian states under her jurisdiction, Revelation 16:1:

and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth: every traveller that passeth to and fro; it shall no more be frequented by merchants; nor will there be any merchandise any more in it, Revelation 18:11.


 
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