Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
The word of the Lord coming to the prophet here introduces a prophecy against Mount Seir, that is Edom. It stands at the opening of one of the stirring prophecies against the nations found in Ezekiel 26 to 40. It belongs to the prophecies in which Jehovah's messenger repeats Jehovah's instruction while pleading with Israel for twenty-two years to turn to God. In those prophecies the kingdoms on every side of Israel are used as illustrations of how God has brought down their pride and will bring down the pride of those that remain.
The word of the Lord coming to the prophet here introduces a prophecy against Mount Seir, that is Edom. It stands at the opening of one of the stirring prophecies against the nations found in Ezekiel 26 to 40. It belongs to the prophecies in which Jehovah's messenger repeats Jehovah's instruction while pleading with Israel for twenty-two years to turn to God. In those prophecies the kingdoms on every side of Israel are used as illustrations of how God has brought down their pride and will bring down the pride of those that remain.