Reference

Ezekiel 35:4

Destruction / Perishing Language Literal Fulfillment Prophetic Methods of Communication

“I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.”

Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

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.

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

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:

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.

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Destruction / Perishing Language

While the verse speaks of cities being laid waste and desolation, it does not explicitly use any of the specific "destruction/perishing language" words listed in the theme definition.

Literal Fulfillment

While the language is concrete, the fulfillment of such a prophecy could be interpreted metaphorically as a spiritual desolation or a symbolic destruction rather than a purely physical one.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

This verse describes a divine action and its consequence, and the resulting recognition of God's identity. It does not describe *how* this message was communicated to Ezekiel or any other prophet.

Destruction / Perishing Language

Related Verses

Ezekiel 35:9

“I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 12:20

“And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 35:12

“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.”

Ezekiel 35:15

“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.”

Ezekiel 33:29

“Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.”

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