A common misinterpretation of Ezekiel 35:11 is to view it as God endorsing petty personal vengeance or indiscriminate retaliation, detached from its prophetic context of Edom's specific, longstanding enmity and aggression against Israel despite their own vulnerabilities; instead, it is wrongly applied as a universal justification for human revenge rather than recognizing it as divine judgment upholding covenant justice, or misconstrued to portray God as capriciously wrathful without regard for righteousness and mercy extended elsewhere in Scripture.
Ezekiel 35:11
King James Version (1769)
11 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.
In Ezekiel 35:11, God declares judgment on Edom (Mount Seir) for their malicious hatred, envy, and violence against Israel, promising to repay them in kind with equivalent anger and retribution, thereby revealing His sovereign justice and presence among His people as He executes this divine verdict, emphasizing the principle of measure-for-measure accountability in God's dealings with nations that oppose His chosen.