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Ezekiel 35:3 — Meaning and Application
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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. "
Ezekiel 35:3
Verse in Context
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy
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.
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
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 iniquity had an end:
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Ezekiel 35:1
"Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 35:2
"Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy"
Ezekiel 35:4
"I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel 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 iniquity had an end:"
Ezekiel 35:6
"Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue"
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