Ezekiel 35:10
New International Version
“’Because you have said, “These two nations and countries will be ours and we will take possession of them,” even though I the LORD was there,

New Living Translation
“For you said, ‘The lands of Israel and Judah will be ours. We will take possession of them. What do we care that the LORD is there!’

English Standard Version
“Because you said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them’—although the LORD was there—

Berean Standard Bible
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

King James Bible
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

New King James Version
“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess them,’ although the LORD was there,

New American Standard Bible
“Since you have said, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,’ although the LORD was there,

NASB 1995
“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,’ although the LORD was there,

NASB 1977
“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,’ although the LORD was there,

Legacy Standard Bible
“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,’ although Yahweh was there,

Amplified Bible
“Because you [descendants of Esau] have said, ‘These two nations [Israel and Judah] and these two lands shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,’ although the LORD was there,

Christian Standard Bible
“ ‘Because you said, “These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them”—though the LORD was there —

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Because you said, ‘These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them—though the LORD was there—

American Standard Version
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because you said: "Two nations and two kingdoms are mine, and I have inherited them, and LORD JEHOVAH was there.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Because thou saidst, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:

Contemporary English Version
You thought the nations of Judah and Israel belonged to you, and that you could take over their territory. But I am their God,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because thou hast said: The two nations, and the two lands shall be mine, and I will possess them by inheritance: whereas the Lord was there.

English Revised Version
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
" 'You said, "These two nations, Israel and Judah, along with their land, belong to us. We will take possession of them." But the LORD was there.

Good News Translation
"You said that the two nations, Judah and Israel, together with their lands, belonged to you and that you would possess them, even though I, the LORD, was their God.

International Standard Version
"Because you have claimed, 'These two nations and these two lands are going to belong to me, and we will take possession of them, even though the LORD is there,'

JPS Tanakh 1917
Because thou hast said: These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there;

Literal Standard Version
Because of your saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, | And YHWH has been there;

Majority Standard Bible
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

New American Bible
Because you said: The two nations and the two lands belong to me; let us take possession of them—although the LORD was there—

NET Bible
"'You said, "These two nations, these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,"--although the LORD was there--

New Revised Standard Version
Because you said, “These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,”—although the LORD was there—

New Heart English Bible
"'"Because you have said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it'; whereas the LORD was there:

Webster's Bible Translation
Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

World English Bible
“‘“Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries will be mine, and we will possess it,’ although Yahweh was there,

Young's Literal Translation
Because of thy saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, And Jehovah hath been there;

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Context
A Prophecy Against Mount Seir
9I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 10Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there, 11therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.…

Cross References
Psalm 48:1
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Psalm 83:4
saying, "Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more."

Psalm 132:13
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

Psalm 132:14
"This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.

Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel."

Ezekiel 26:2
"Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, 'Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,'

Ezekiel 36:2
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, 'Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,'


Treasury of Scripture

Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

thou hast

Ezekiel 36:5
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

Psalm 83:4-12
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance…

Jeremiah 49:1
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

whereas.

Ezekiel 48:35
It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.

Psalm 48:1-3
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness…

Psalm 76:1
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

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Ezekiel 35
1. The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel, and insulting over their distress














(10) These two countries shall be mine.--In Ezekiel 35:3-9 the sin charged upon Edom is its hatred of Israel; in Ezekiel 35:10-15, its desire to possess itself of Israel's inheritance. The two nations and countries are, of course, the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

Whereas the Lord was there.--This fact brings out the real sin. Edom desired Israel's possessions, not as it might have desired those of other nations, but knowing that this was the peculiar inheritance given by God to His people, and which it thought ought to have been given to itself as the elder branch, thus arraying itself in direct opposition to God.

Verse 10. - Because thou hast said. The second ground of Edom's punishment lay in this, that she had presumptuously as well as confidently exclaimed, not concerning Idumea and Judah, as Jerome conjectured, but concerning Israel and Judah when she saw them stripped of their inhabitants, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; "it" meaning either the region over which the two countries extended, or, as Schroder suggests, Jerusalem their common capital (see Ezekiel 36:2; and comp. Psalm 83:4-12). And what constituted the gravamen of Edom's offense was that she had so spoken, whereas (or, though) the Lord was there. It is not necessary, with the LXX. and Kliefoth, to read "is there," to guard against the supposition that Ezekiel designed to suggest that, though Jehovah had formerly been in the land, he was there no longer. But, in point of fact, Jehovah had for a time withdrawn his visible presence from the temple and the city (see Ezekiel 10:18; Ezekiel 11:22, 23), though he had by no means renounced his right to the land; and Edom's error lay in not regarding this, but in acting as if Jehovah had departed from Israel for ever (Havernick); or (better, "and") in thinking he could appropriate to himself what really belonged to Jehovah, viz. the territory out of which Israel and Judah had been cast (Hengstenberg).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Because
יַ֣עַן (ya·‘an)
Adverb
Strong's 3282: Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause

you have said,
אֲ֠מָרְךָ (’ă·mā·rə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“These two
שְׁנֵ֨י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

nations
הַגּוֹיִ֜ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and
שְׁתֵּ֧י (šə·tê)
Number - fdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

countries
הָאֲרָצ֛וֹת (hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 776: Earth, land

will be ours,
תִהְיֶ֖ינָה (ṯih·ye·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

and we will possess them,”
וִֽירַשְׁנ֑וּהָ (wî·raš·nū·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

even though the LORD
וַֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

was
הָיָֽה׃ (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

there,
שָׁ֥ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither


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