35:2 Son of man, set thy face against mount a Seir, and
prophesy against it,
(a) Where the Idumeans dwelt.
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] b iniquity [had] an end:
(b) When by their punishment I called them from their
iniquity.
35:6 Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare
thee to blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast
not c hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
(c) Except you repent your former cruelty.
35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities
shall not d return: and ye shall know that I [am] the
LORD.
(d) That is, to their former estate.
35:10 Because thou hast said, e These two nations and these
two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it;
though the LORD was f there:
(e) Meaning, Israel and Judah.
(f) And so by fighting against God's people they should go
about to put him out of his own possession.
35:11 Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do
according to thy g anger, and according to thy envy
which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I
will make myself known among h them, when I have judged
thee.
(g) As you have done cruelly, so will you be cruelly
handled.
(h) Showing that when God punishes the enemies, the godly
ought to consider that he has a care over them and so
praise his name: and also that the wicked rage as
though there were no God, till they feel his hand to
their destruction.
