Ezekiel 35

Chapter 35

Prophecy against Mount Seir

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

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

³and 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,

⁶therefore 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,

¹¹therefore 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.” ’