²^f“Son of man, ^gset your face ^hagainst ⁱMount Seir, and prophesy against it, ³and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: ^jBehold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and ^kI will stretch out my hand against you, ^land I will make you a desolation and a waste. ⁴^mI will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord. ⁵Because ⁿyou cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword ^oat the time of their calamity, ^pat the time of their final punishment,

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Cross references

fSee ch. 2:1
gSee ch. 6:2
hch. 25:12; Isa. 21:11, 12; Amos 1:11; Mal. 1:4
ich. 25:8; Gen. 32:3
jSee ch. 13:8
kSee ch. 6:14
l[ch. 33:28]
m[Isa. 17:9; 27:10]
n[Ps. 137:7; Amos 1:11]
o Obad. 13
pch. 21:25

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir; prophesy against it and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate waste. I will turn your towns into ruins and you will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

“ ‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity, the time their punishment reached its climax,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Son of man, face Mount Seir and prophesy against it. Say to it, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

Look! I am against you, Mount Seir.

I will stretch out my hand against you

and make you a desolate waste.

I will turn your cities into ruins,

and you will become a desolation.

Then you will know that I am the Lord.

“ ‘Because you maintained a perpetual hatred and gave the Israelites over to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster, the time of final punishment,

NLTNew Living Translation

“Son of man, turn and face Mount Seir, and prophesy against its people. Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord:

“I am your enemy, O Mount Seir,

and I will raise my fist against you

to destroy you completely.

I will demolish your cities

and make you desolate.

Then you will know that I am the Lord.

“Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Son of man, set your face against the mountain of Seir and prophesy against it, and you must say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am against you, mountain of Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a wasteland. Your cities I will make ruins, and you will be a desolation, and then you will know that I am Yahweh, because there has been to you an ancient hostility, and you handed over the Israelites to the power of the sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of their final punishment.

KJV 1900King James Version

Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

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