Ezekiel 35

1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

2 “Son of man, face towards Mount Seir and prophesy against it

Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

3 Announce that this is what the Lord God says: Watch out, because I'm condemning you, Mount Seir. I'm going to attack you and turn you into a wasteland.

and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.

4 I will ruin your towns; you will be completely devastated. Then you will acknowledge that I am the Lord.

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah.

5 Because of your lasting hatred for the Israelites you let them be attacked with swords as they went through terrible disasters when the time of their punishment was coming to an end.

Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, 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;

6 So as I live, declares the Lord God, I will let you be violently attacked and chased down. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will come after you.

therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will certainly appoint thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, blood shall pursue thee.

7 I will turn Mount Seir into a ruined wasteland. I will wipe out anyone who leaves or who tries to return.

And I will make mount Seir a desolation and an astonishment, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth;

8 I will fill its mountains with the dead. Those killed by the sword will fall in your hills, valleys, and all your ravines.

and I will fill his mountains with his slain. In thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy water-courses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

9 I will ruin you forever. Your towns will not be inhabited again. Then you will acknowledge that I am the Lord.

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

10 Because you said, ‘These two nations and their lands belong to us, and we will take them over, even though the Lord was there with them,’

Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it, whereas Jehovah was there:

11 then as I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you in the same way that you showed anger and jealousy to them in your hatred of them. They will realize that I'm punishing you because of the way you treated them.

therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will even do according to thine anger and according to thine envy, as thou hast done out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.

12 You will also realize that I, the Lord, heard all the nasty things you said about the mountainous land of Israel when you announced, ‘The mountains have been left empty; they're ours to take!’

And thou shalt know that I Jehovah have heard all thy reproaches, which thou hast uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

13 You made a lot of boasts attacking me—you had much to say against me. I heard it for myself!

And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard [them].

14 This is what the Lord God says: I will destroy you as everyone else in the world celebrates.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee a desolation.

15 Just as you celebrated when Israel was destroyed, I will do the same to you. Mount Seir, you will become a wasteland, and so will the rest of Edom. Then they will acknowledge that I am the Lord.”

As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolated, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be a desolation, O mount Seir, and all Edom, the whole of it: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.