Jezekiel 35
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,
3 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.
and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
4 And I will cause desolation in your cities, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
5 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:
Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
6 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, verily you have sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
7 And I will make mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle:
I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.
8 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.
I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
9 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.
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
10 Because you said, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
11 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:
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
12 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;
Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’
13 and you have spoken swelling words against me with your mouth: I have heard [them].
You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!
14 Thus says the Lord; When all the earth is rejoicing, I will make you desert.
This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
15 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.
As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
