Ezekiel 35

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

And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

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

“Son of man, set your 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 you have said to it, Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I [am] against you, O Mount Seir, And have stretched out My hand against you, And made you 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 make your cities a ruin, and you are a desolation, And you have known that I [am] YHWH.

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 of your having continuous enmity, And you saw the sons of Israel, By the hands 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—a declaration of Lord YHWH, Surely I appoint you for blood, And blood pursues you, If you have not hated blood, Blood also pursues you.

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

And I have given Mount Seir for a desolation and an astonishment, And have cut off from it him who is passing over and him who is returning,

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 filled his mountains with his wounded, Your hills, and your valleys, and all your streams, The pierced of the sword fall into them.

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

I make you continuous desolations, And your cities do not return, And you have known that I [am] YHWH.

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 of your saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, And YHWH has been 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—a declaration of Lord YHWH, And I have done according to your anger, And according to your envy, With which you have worked, Because of your hatred against them, And I have been known among them when I judge you.

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 you have known that I [am] YHWH, I have heard all your despisings that you have spoken Against mountains of Israel, saying, A desolation—they were given to us for food.

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

And you magnify yourselves against Me with your mouth, And have made your words abundant against Me; I have heard.

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

Thus said Lord YHWH: According to the rejoicing of the whole land, I make a desolation of you.

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.”

According to your joy at the inheritance of the house of Israel because of desolation, So I do to you—you are a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom—all of it, And they have known that I [am] YHWH!”