Prophecy against Mount Seir

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

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

3 and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord 1God,

“Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir,

And I will astretch out My hand against you

And make you a bdesolation and a waste.

4 “I will alay waste your cities

And you will become a desolation.

Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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 calamity, at the time of the 2bpunishment of the end,

6 therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will 1give you over to abloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore 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 the Lord.

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

11 therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will deal with you aaccording to your anger and according to your envy which you showed 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, the Lord, have heard all your revilings 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 1aspoken arrogantly against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; bI have heard it.”

14 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “As all the aearth rejoices, I will make you a desolation.

15 “As you arejoiced 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 the Lord.” ’

Chapter 36

The Mountains of Israel to Be Blessed

1 “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.

2 ‘Thus says the Lord 1God, “Because the enemy has spoken against you, ‘Aha!’ and, ‘The everlasting 2aheights have become our possession,’

3 therefore prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “1For good reason they have made you adesolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the 2btalk and the whispering of the people.” ’ ”

4 ‘Therefore, O amountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a bprey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about,

5 therefore thus says the Lord God, “Surely in the fire of My ajealousy I have spoken against the brest of the nations, and against all Edom, who 1appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted cjoy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey.”

6 ‘Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have aendured the insults of the nations.’

7 “Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘I have 1sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.