Ezekiel Chapter 35 verse 14 Holy Bible
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
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This is what the Lord has said: Because you were glad over my land when it was a waste, so will I do to you:
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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee a desolation.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
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Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
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Thus said the Lord Jehovah: According to the rejoicing of the whole land, A desolation I make of thee.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. By "the whole earth," Fairbairn, Haverniek, and Schroder understand "the whole land of Edom." In this case the sense is that, as the whole land of Edom had previously exulted with joy, so should it in the future be made completely desolate. Ewald, Hengstenberg, Keil, Kliefoth, Smend, and Plumptre, however, more correctly interpret the phrase as signifying the whole human race, with the exception of Edom. Accordingly, the thought seems to be, not that of Ewald and Smend, that Jehovah would make Edom's devastation a sport or comedy (freudespiel) to the whole world; or that of Kliefoth and Hitzig, that God would make Edom desolate, whilst all the earth rejoiced over her downfall; but that of Keil, Plumptre, and others, that just as Jehovah was preparing for the whole earth of redeemed humanity a glorious future of joy, so certainly would Edom and all whom Edom represented be excluded from participation in that joy.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) The whole earth.--This is taken by some writers--as, indeed, Hebrew usage very well allows--of the whole land, viz., of Israel. It seems better, however, to keep the sense of our version, for the thought is not confined to Edom. When all the earth shall rejoice in the salvation of God, and "the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord," then Edom, the hostile power of the world, shall be desolate.
