The Chronological Study Bible by Thomas Nelson

Author:Thomas Nelson
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Spiritual & Religion
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc.
Published: 2010-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

Judgment On Mount Seir

35

35:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, 3 and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD:

* Edom Carries On Esau’s Hatred (Ezek. 35:2)

Around January of 585 B.C. the prophet Ezekiel received news of Jerusalem’s destruction by the Babylonians, which had occurred in 586 B.C. following a long siege (Ezek. 33:21; see 2 Kin. 25:1–10). The Babylonians, however, were not without allies in their attack on Jerusalem.

The Edomites, a people who dwelt in the desert country southeast of the land of Canaan, seemingly supported the Babylonians in their conquest. The traditions of Judah remember the people of Edom gloating over Jerusalem’s destruction (Ps. 137:7; Obad. 1:10–12), as well as acquiring portions of what had once been Judah. Judah’s neighbors did not act very “neighborly” in the moment of Judah’s distress!

The Edomites are identified with Seir, a geographical name for the mountainous region in which they lived. Seir-Edom was more than Judah’s geographical neighbor. The Edomites are also known as decendants of Esau, the older brother of Jacob, the forefather of the Israelites. The Law of Moses warns, “You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother” (Deut. 23:7). A special kinship link tied Seir to Judah.

It is this tie that the Edomites violated. In response to the hostility of Edom during the Babylonian conquest of Judah and afterwards, God instructed Ezekiel to prophesy against Mount Seir (Ezek. 35:2, 15). Edom had reawakened the “ancient hatred” (Ezek. 35:5) of Esau’s grievance against his brother Jacob (Gen. 27:41).

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