Jezekiel 35

1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Then the word of Yahweh 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.

Say to it, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will strike you with my hand and make you a desolation and a 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 make your cities ruins, and you yourself will become desolate; then you will know that I am Yahweh.

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 have always been hostile to the people of Israel, and because you poured them out into the hands of the sword at the time of their distress, at the time their punishment was at its greatest.

6 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, verily you have sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.

Therefore, as I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I will prepare you for bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you! Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed 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 complete desolation when I cut off from it anyone who passes through and returns again.

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 those who were killed; on your high hills and valleys and in all your streams those who were killed by the sword will fall.

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. Your cities will not be inhabited, but you will know that I am Yahweh.

10 Because you said, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:

You have said, “These two nations and these two lands will become mine, and we will possess them,” even when Yahweh was present with them.

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 I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—so I will do according to your anger and according to your jealousy that you had in your hatred of Israel, and I will show myself to 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;

So you will know that I am Yahweh. I have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, when you said, “They have been destroyed; they have been given over to us to devour.”

13 and you have spoken swelling words against me with your mouth: I have heard [them].

You exalted yourselves against me with what you said, and you multiplied the words you said against me; and I heard it all.

14 Thus says the Lord; When all the earth is rejoicing, I will make you desert.

The Lord Yahweh says this: I will make you a desolation, while the entire earth rejoices.

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 over the inheritance of the people of Israel because of its desolation, I will do the same to you. You will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and all of Edom—all of it! Then they will know that I am Yahweh.'”