Ezekiel 35

CHAPTER 35

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

¹Moreover, the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

²“Son of man, set your face against ^aMount Seir and prophesy against it

³and say to it, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir,

And I will ^astretch out My hand against you

And make you a ^bdesolation and a desecration.

⁴“I will ^alay waste your cities,

And you will become a desolation.

Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

⁵“Because you have had everlasting ^aenmity and have ¹delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of the ^2bpunishment of the end,

⁶therefore as I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “I will ¹prepare you for ^abloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; you surely have not hated bloodshed, so bloodshed will pursue you.

⁷“I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns.

⁸“I will ^afill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will ¹fall.

⁹“I will make you an everlasting ^adesolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

¹⁰“Because you have ^asaid, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess ¹them,’ although ^bYahweh was there,

¹¹therefore as I live,” declares Lord Yahweh, “I will deal with you ^aaccording to your anger and according to your jealousy which you dealt with them because of your hatred against them; so I will ^bmake Myself known among them when I judge you.

¹²“Then you will know ¹that I, Yahweh, have heard all your ²contempt which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are ^agiven to us for food.’

¹³“And you have ^amagnified yourselves with your mouth against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; ^bI have heard it.”

¹⁴‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “As all the ^aearth delights, I will make you a desolation.

¹⁵“As you ^adelighted over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, ^bso I will do to you. You will be a ^cdesolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.” ’