< Ezekiel 35 >

1 Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
3 and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.
and say to it, Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I am against you, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and will make you a waste, and you shall be made desolate.
4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
And I will cause desolation in your cities, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
5 Because thou hast had a perpetual enmity, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
Because you have been a perpetual enemy, and have laid wait craftily for the house of Israel, with the hand of enemies with a sword, in the time of injustice, at the last:
6 therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.
Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, verily you have sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.
7 Thus will I make mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.
And I will make mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle:
8 And I will fill its mountains with its slain: in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy watercourses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.
and I will fill your hills and your valleys with slain men, and in all your plains there shall fall in you men slain with the sword.
9 I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited any more: and you shall know that I am the Lord.
10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:
Because you said, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:
11 therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast showed out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.
therefore, [as] I live, says the Lord, I will even deal with you according to your enmity, and I will be made known to you when I shall judge you:
12 And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, have heard all thy revilings which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.
and you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard the voice of your blasphemies, whereas you have said, The desert mountains of Israel are given to us for food;
13 And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.
and you have spoken swelling words against me with your mouth: I have heard [them].
14 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
Thus says the Lord; When all the earth is rejoicing, I will make you desert.
15 As thou didst rejoice over 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 Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
You shall be desert, O mount Seir, and all Idumea; and it shall be utterly consumed: and you shall know that I am the Lord their God.

< Ezekiel 35 >