Ezekiel 35

God’s Punishment of Edom

35^*The Lord spoke to me. ^2*“Mortal man,” he said, “denounce the country of Edom. ^3*Tell the people what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying: I am your enemy, mountains of Edom! I will make you a desolate waste. ^4*I will leave your cities in ruins And your land desolate; Then you will know that I am the Lord.

^5*“You were Israel’s constant enemy and let her people be slaughtered in the time of her disaster, the time of final punishment for her sins. ^6*So then—as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God—death is your fate, and you cannot escape it. You are guilty of^g murder, and murder will follow you. ^7*I will make the hill country of Edom a waste and kill everyone who travels through it. ^8*I will cover the mountains with corpses, and the bodies of those who are killed in battle will cover the hills and valleys. ^9*I will make you desolate for ever, and no one will live in your cities again. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

^10*“You said that the two nations, Judah and Israel, together with their lands, belonged to you and that you would possess them, even though I, the Lord, was their God. ^11*So then, as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God, I will pay you back for your anger, your jealousy, and your hatred towards my people. They will know that I am punishing you for what you did to them. ^12*Then you will know that I, the Lord, heard you say with contempt that the mountains of Israel were desolate and that they were yours to devour. ^13*I have heard the wild, boastful way you have talked against me.”

^14*The Sovereign Lord says, “I will make you so desolate that the whole world will rejoice at your downfall, ^15*just as you rejoiced at the devastation of Israel, my own possession. The mountains of Seir, yes, all the land of Edom, will be desolate. Then everyone will know that I am the Lord.”