Ezekiel 35:13 Meaning
Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
Context Explained
11Therefore, 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.
12And 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.
13Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.
14Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
15As 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.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
James 3:5
James discusses the power of the tongue, paralleling the theme of boasting against God.
Proverbs 18:21
This verse emphasizes the life and death power of words, similar to the accountability highlighted in Ezekiel.
Matthew 15:18
Jesus teaches that what comes out of the mouth reflects the heart, relating to the boasting mentioned here.
Source: Ezekiel 35:13