Ezekiel 35:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

I will make thee everlasting desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord God.
Douay-Rheims

שִֽׁמְמ֤וֹת עוֹלָם֙ אֶתֶּנְךָ֔ וְעָרֶ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תישבנה תָשֹׁ֑בְנָה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

He states once more that it will be forsaken forever and will remain uninhabited, in a manner that is characteristic of Scripture. Therefore, just as we have previously discussed the devastation of Tyre, let us grasp this truth as well. After proclaiming the warning of judgment, he reveals their dishonesty once again.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Ezek 25:13Therefore thus saith the Lord God: I will stretch forth my hand upon Edom, and will take away out of it man and beast, and will make it desolate from the south: and they that are in Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Mal 1:3But have hated Esau? and I have made his mountains a wilderness, and given his inheritance to the dragons of the desert.
Mal 1:4But if Edom shall say: We are destroyed, but we will return and build up what hath been destroyed: thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall build up, and I will throw down: and they shall be called the borders of wickedness, and the people with whom the Lord is angry for ever.
Ezek 35:4I will destroy thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
Ezek 6:7And the slain shall fall in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
Ezek 7:4And my eye shall not spare thee, and I will shew thee no pity: but I will lay thy ways upon thee, and thy abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
Zeph 2:9Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha, the dryness of thorns, and heaps of salt, and a desert even for ever: the remnant of my people shall make a spoil of them, and the residue of my nation shall possess them.
Ezek 7:9And my eye shall not spare, neither will I shew mercy: but I will lay thy ways upon thee, and thy abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and you shall know that I am the Lord that strike.