Ezekiel 35:11

Ezekiel 35:11 says, Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.  God said that He was going to judge Moab by the same standard that they had judged other people.  They had seen themselves as superior to others and had destroyed or enslaved them, so God was going to do the same to them, but His judgment would be everlasting.  When this occurred, they would know too late that He is God.  We will all be judged by whether or not we have accepted God’s word or not, which should affect how we treat other people.  Those who do not accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord will be sent away to everlasting punishment just as they had sent others away to death or enslavement.  Though the soul will never die, those who are not followers of Christ will forever be enslaved in the pit of hell, and then they will know that God is God.   

Verse twelve adds, And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.  God said that the people of Moab would know that He is God because they would be punished because of their actions against Israel, or God’s chosen people.   Though our ultimate judgment will be because of our relationship with Jessus Christ, those who have attempted to abuse or destroy His people, or Christians, will be held accountable for this as well.   

Verse thirteen continues, Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.  God said He had heard their boasting against Him.  Those who boast today that there is no God or that He isn’t the only God will one day be held accountable because God hears them when they boast about this.   

Verse fourteen states, Thus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.  God said that even if the whole world rejoiced at the power of Moab that He was going to make them desolate.  People may boast about their power today, even claiming to be more powerful than God, but one day, He is going to send them to the desolation of hell.   

Verse fifteen adds, As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.  God said that just as they had rejoiced at the desolation of Israel, He was going to make them desolate and then they would know that He is God.  I don’t believe that God rejoices over the everlasting destruction of those who will not put their faith in Jesus Christ, but He will allow them to go away to everlasting destruction one day, and then too late they will acknowledge that He is God.

Ezekiel 35:5

Ezekiel 35:5 says, Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:  God told the people of Moab why He was going to destroy them, and it was because they had shed the blood of the people of Israel after they had quit sinning, or had put their faith in God once more.  This is the same warning to those who persecute and even kill Christians today.   

Verse six adds, Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.  God said that since they had shed the blood of His people unjustly that He was going to shed their blood.  One day, everyone will be held accountable for their sins if they haven't put their faith in Jesus Christ, and they will be forever separated from Him and those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ.  I don’t believe that this means those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ are then free to sin because their sins have already been forgiven though.  Salvation will never grant us the right to sin.   

Verse seven continues, Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.  God said that He was going to cut off Mount Seir from everyone, those who had left and those who would try to return.  When God’s final judgment comes, everyone who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord will be cut off from the Promised Land forever, no matter where they may be in the world, and they will never be allowed in.   

Verse eight states, And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.  God said that no matter where the people of Mount Sier, or the people of Moab were, they were going to die by the sword.  Though those who refuse God’s gift of salvation may live highly successful lives in the eyes of the world, they are going to face the rest of their everlasting life suffering while separated from God, which is a much greater price to pay than just being killed physically.  

Verse nine adds, I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.   God said that when Moab fell that it would be forever.  They would never again be a nation, much less a powerful one.  When God’s judgment comes on the world, those who have not put their faith Jesus Christ will be forever separated from God.   He also said that then they would know that He is God, even though it would be too late.  This is true for all who do not accept His gift of salvation. 

Verse ten continues, 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 said that this was going to happen because they had thought that they could possess the land of Israel and Judah.  God said these two nations would once again be His when the people there put their faith in Him once more.  We will never be saved from everlasting destruction based on anything other than our faith in Jesus Christ, and if we have put our faith in Him, no one can ever keep us from our everlasting life with Him. 

Ezekiel 35:1

Ezekiel 35:1 says, Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,  God’s word now was going to move to His prophecy against Moab, expanding on His earlier prophesy about their destruction because of their trying to destroy Israel.  God’s judgment has already been pronounced on all who will not accept His gift of salvation.    

Verse two adds, Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, This designates that this particular prophesy was to Seir, or the people of Moab.  Since God has already pronounced His judgement on all who will not accept His gift of salvation, there is no need to pronounce His judgment on individual nations today.   

Verse three continues, And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.  Ezekiel was to tell the people of Moab that God was against them, and He was going to make them most desolate.  As stated, God has already pronounced His judgment against all who will not put their faith in Jesus Christ but is still our responsibility as those who have to warn them of their coming destruction.  At times, this may put us in a dangerous situation, as it likely did for Ezekiel many times, but we are still to declare God’s word to them,  

Verse four concludes, I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.  As was many times the case, God said that after He laid their cities waste that they would know that He is God.  When everything that people have put their faith in other than God comes to an end, they will know that He is God too late.