Ezekiel 35:1–15

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

35The word of the Lord came to me: ^2f“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. ^4mI 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, ⁶therefore, ^qas I live, declares the Lord God, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; ^rbecause you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. ^7lI will make Mount Seir a waste ^mand a desolation, and I will cut off from it ^sall who come and go. ⁸And I will fill ^tits mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all ^tyour ravines ^uthose slain with the sword shall fall. ^9lI will make you a perpetual desolation, and ^myour cities shall not be inhabited. Then ^vyou will know that I am the Lord.

¹⁰“Because you said, ^w‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and ^xwe will take possession of them’—although the ^yLord was there— ¹¹therefore, ^qas I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you ^zaccording to the anger and ^zenvy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And ^aI will make myself known among them, when I judge you. ¹²And you shall know that I am the Lord.

^b“I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; ^cthey are given us to devour.’ ¹³And ^byou magnified yourselves against me ^dwith your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it. ¹⁴Thus says the Lord God: ^eWhile the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. ¹⁵As you ^frejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, ^gMount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then ^hthey will know that I am the Lord.