I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
God does not stand neutral toward those who hate His people; He takes their enmity as His own and will reckon for it. The Edomites nursed a hereditary malice against Israel, the old hatred of Esau for Jacob, and passed it down through generations, a sad proof that children more readily imitate their parents' vices than their repentance.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 35:1-9
And I will fill his mountains with his slain men,.... Not only Mount Seir, but all the rest of the mountains, in Idumea; where they shall flee for refuge, and the enemy shall pursue them, and slay them; and where their carcasses will fall in such numbers, as to cover the mountains with them; compare with this Rev 19:18, in thy hills, and in thy...
These prophecies form a matched pair: destruction of Mount Seir answers restoration of Israel's mountains. Edom's fate, desolation for eternal hatred and coveting God's land, mirrors Israel's resurrection. In Edom's ruin the whole heathen world opposed to God falls; in Israel's restoration the kingdom of God rises again.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 35:1-15