Ezekiel 35:2

35:2 “Son of man, turn toward ¹  Mount Seir, ²  and prophesy against it.

Ezekiel 35:7

35:7 I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; ³  I will cut off ⁴  from it the one who passes through or returns.

[35:2]  ¹ tn Heb “set your face against.”

[35:2]  ² sn Mount Seir is to be identified with Edom (Ezek 35:15), home of Esau’s descendants (Gen 25:21-30).

[35:7]  ³ tc The translation reads with some manuscripts לְשִׁמְמָה וּמְשַׁמָּה (lÿshimmah umÿshammah, “desolate ruin”) as in verse 3 and often in Ezekiel. The majority reading reverses the first mem (מ) with the shin (שׁ) resulting in the repetition of the word desolate: לְשִׁמְמָה וּשְׁמָמָה (lÿshimmah ushÿmamah).

[35:7]  ⁴ tn Or “kill.”