Chapter commentary
Ezekiel Chapter 35
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Eze 35:1-15.
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Eze 35:1-15.
JUDGMENT ON EDOM.
Another feature of Israel's prosperity; those who exulted over Israel's humiliation, shall themselves be a "prey." Already stated in
Eze 25:12-14;
properly repeated here in full detail, as a commentary on
Eze 34:28.
The Israelites "shall be no more a prey"; but Edom, the type of their most bitter foes, shall be destroyed irrecoverably.
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2. 西珥山——即以東
(Ge 36:9)。
被特意點出，因其在對神百姓的苦毒上惡名昭彰，代表他們在各地各世代的一切仇敵。照樣在
Isa 34:5; 63:1-4
中，以東——對神百姓仇恨最深的地區——是對神一切仇敵施行最終審判的理想場景。「西珥」意為「多毛的」，暗指其崎嶇的山嶺與森林。
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2. Mount Seir--that is, Idumea
(Ge 36:9).
Singled out as badly pre-eminent in its bitterness against God's people, to represent all their enemies everywhere and in all ages. So in
Isa 34:5; 63:1-4,
Edom, the region of the greatest enmity towards God's people, is the ideal scene of the final judgments of all God's foes. "Seir" means "shaggy," alluding to its rugged hills and forests.
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3. 荒涼——字面作「荒涼與荒廢」
(Jer 49:17，
等等）。惟獨以東人在作為神百姓仇敵的國家身分上，才要被徹底毀滅。正如其他外邦人一樣，以東的餘民將要「稱為神名下的人」
(Am 9:12)。
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3. most desolate--literally, "desolation and desolateness"
(Jer 49:17,
&c.). It is only in their national character of foes to God's people, that the Edomites are to be utterly destroyed. A remnant of Edom, as of the other heathen, is to be "called by the name of God"
(Am 9:12).
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5. 永懷仇恨——
(Ps 137:7; Am 1:11; Ob 10-16)。
以東延續了從以掃對雅各遺傳下來的仇恨。
流……的血——字面翻譯為佳。「你倒出以色列人」；即如水一般傾倒。照樣
Ps 22:14; 63:10，
旁註；
Jer 18:21。
比較
2Sa 14:14。
交在刀劍的勢力下——字面作「交在刀的手中」；刀被擬人化為吞噬者，其「手」是毀滅的工具。
他們罪孽完結的時候——即達到其頂點
(Eze 21:25, 29)。
以東在耶路撒冷傾覆時幸災樂禍、幫助仇敵毀滅她，就以此完全了自己的罪
(Ps 137:7; Ob 11)。
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5. perpetual hatred--
(Ps 137:7; Am 1:11; Ob 10-16).
Edom perpetuated the hereditary hatred derived from Esau against Jacob.
shed the blood of, &c.--The literal translation is better. "Thou hast poured out the children of Israel"; namely, like water. So
Ps 22:14; 63:10,
Margin;
Jer 18:21.
Compare
2Sa 14:14.
by the force of the sword--literally, "by" or "upon the hands of the sword"; the sword being personified as a devourer whose "hands" were the instruments of destruction.
in the time that their iniquity had an end--that is, had its consummation
(Eze 21:25, 29).
Edom consummated his guilt when he exulted over Jerusalem's downfall, and helped the foe to destroy it
(Ps 137:7; Ob 11).
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6. 我必使你遭血——我必將你交給屠殺。
因——古英文，意為「既然」或「因為」。
你不恨惡血——希伯來文語序為「你恨惡不——血」；即你不能不流血而活〔GROTIUS〕。希伯來文中有讀音相近的文字遊戲；Edom（以東）類似 dam——希伯來文的「血」；正如「以東」意為「紅」，過渡到「血」十分自然。以東在名字上與血相近，在本性和行為上也是如此；「所以血必追趕你」。以東量給別人的，也必量給他自己
(Ps 109:17; Mt 7:2; 26:52)。
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6. I will prepare thee unto blood--I will expose thee to slaughter.
sith--old English for "seeing that" or "since."
thou hast not hated blood--The Hebrew order is, "thou hast hated not--blood"; that is, thou couldst not bear to live without bloodshed [GROTIUS]. There is a play on similar sounds in the Hebrew; Edom resembling dam, the Hebrew for "blood"; as "Edom" means "red," the transition to "blood" is easy. Edom, akin to blood in name, so also in nature and acts; "blood therefore shall pursue thee." The measure which Edom meted to others should be meted to himself
(Ps 109:17; Mt 7:2; 26:52).
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7. 剪除……經過的人——即一切來往經過的人；「大道必無人居住」
（結二十九11； 士五6）。
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7. cut off . . . him that passeth--that is, every passer to and fro; "the highways shall be unoccupied"
(Eze 29:11; Jud 5:6).
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9. 必不再歸回——歸回先前的狀態
（結十六55）； 不再恢復。希伯來文正文（Chetib）讀作「必不再被居住」（參
結二十六20； 瑪一3-4）。
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9. shall not return--to their former state
(Eze 16:55);
shall not be restored. The Hebrew text (Chetib) reads, "shall not be inhabited" (compare
Eze 26:20; Mal 1:3, 4).
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10. 以東指望
（結三十六5； 詩八十三4、12； 俄13）
得以進入以色列空出的產業，卻不但不能如此，反而要被剝奪自己的地業；而且以色列的屈辱是暫時的，以東的卻是永遠的。
耶和華在那裡——
（結四十八35； 詩四十八1、3，一三二13-14）。
即使迦勒底人傾覆了這國，耶和華仍宣稱猶大是屬祂的；他們不能像對待外邦諸國的偶像那樣將祂移除。這些斷續的句子表達了先知對以東邪惡狂妄的激憤之情。從「兩國兩地」到「它」的轉換，標示著兩者被視為一個整體。最後一句「耶和華卻在那裡」如閃電般迸出，責備以東心思中邪惡的狂妄。
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10. So far from being allowed to enter on Israel's vacated inheritance, as Edom hoped
(Eze 36:5; Ps 83:4, 12; Ob 13),
it shall be that he shall be deprived of his own; and whereas Israel's humiliation was temporary, Edom's shall be perpetual.
Lord was there--
(Eze 48:35; Ps 48:1, 3; 132:13, 14).
Jehovah claimed Judea as His own, even when the Chaldeans had overthrown the state; they could not remove Him, as they did the idols of heathen lands. The broken sentences express the excited feelings of the prophet at Edom's wicked presumption. The transition from the "two nations and two countries" to "it" marks that the two are regarded as one whole. The last clause, "and Jehovah was there," bursts in, like a flash of lightning, reproving the wicked presumption of Edom's thought.
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11. 照你的怒氣——
（雅二13）。
你既在怒氣和嫉妒中傷害了他們，我也必照樣傷害你。
我必在他們中間顯為聖——即在以色列人中。在我刑罰你之後，我必向他們彰顯我的恩寵。
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11. according to thine anger--
(Jas 2:13).
As thou in anger and envy hast injured them, so I will injure thee.
I will make myself known among them--namely, the Israelites. I will manifest My favor to them, after I have punished thee.
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12-13. 毀謗……攻擊……以色列……攻擊我——神將對祂百姓所作的視為對祂自己所作
（太二十五45； 徒九2、4-5）。
以東在他對以色列的嘲諷中暗示（若不是明說）神沒有足夠的能力保護祂的百姓。這是一切仇視神和祂百姓之靈的預表
（撒上二3； 啟十三6）。
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12, 13. blasphemies . . . against . . . Israel . . . against me--God regards what is done against His people as done against Himself
(Mt 25:45; Ac 9:2, 4, 5).
Edom implied, if he did not express it, in his taunts against Israel, that God had not sufficient power to protect His people. A type of the spirit of all the foes of God and His people
(1Sa 2:3; Re 13:6).
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14.
（賽六十五13-14）。
「全地」是指猶大和歸順猶大之神的列國；當這些歡樂時，神和祂百姓的仇敵——以以東作為一個國家的代表——必荒涼。局勢將完全逆轉；如今暫時哀傷的以色列，那時必歡樂，並永遠如此。如今因以色列傾覆而歡喜的以東，那時——當別處全是歡樂時——必哀傷，並永遠如此
（賽六十五17-19； 太五4； 路六25）。
HAVERNICK 失去了這個鮮明的對比，他譯為「照全地（以東）的歡樂，我必照樣使你荒涼」；這會使
結三十五15
成為本節的重複。
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14.
(Isa 65:13, 14).
"The whole earth" refers to Judea and the nations that submit themselves to Judea's God; when these rejoice, the foes of God and His people, represented by Edom as a nation, shall be desolate. Things shall be completely reversed; Israel, that now for a time mourns, shall then rejoice and for ever. Edom, that now rejoices over fallen Israel, shall then, when elsewhere all is joy, mourn, and for ever
(Isa 65:17-19; Mt 5:4; Lu 6:25).
HAVERNICK loses this striking antithesis by translating, "According to the joy of the whole land (of Edom), so I will make thee desolate"; which would make
Eze 35:15
a mere repetition of this.
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（俄12、15）。
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15.
(Ob 12, 15).
Eze 35:1-15.
對以東的審判。
以色列繁榮的另一面：那些因以色列受辱而歡喜的人，自己將成為「掠物」。這已於
Eze 25:12-14
中陳述；此處恰當地以完整細節重複，作為
Eze 34:28
的註解。
以色列人「必不再作列國的掠物」；但以東——他們最苦毒仇敵的代表——必被毀滅，無可挽回。