Ezekiel 35

1 A message from the Lord came to me, saying,

Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 “Son of man, face towards Mount Seir and prophesy against it

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

3 Announce that this is what the Lord God says: Watch out, because I'm condemning you, Mount Seir. I'm going to attack you and turn you into a wasteland.

and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

4 I will ruin your towns; you will be completely devastated. Then you will acknowledge that I am the Lord.

I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

5 Because of your lasting hatred for the Israelites you let them be attacked with swords as they went through terrible disasters when the time of their punishment was coming to an end.

Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,

6 So as I live, declares the Lord God, I will let you be violently attacked and chased down. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will come after you.

therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

7 I will turn Mount Seir into a ruined wasteland. I will wipe out anyone who leaves or who tries to return.

I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.

8 I will fill its mountains with the dead. Those killed by the sword will fall in your hills, valleys, and all your ravines.

I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

9 I will ruin you forever. Your towns will not be inhabited again. Then you will acknowledge that I am the Lord.

I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

10 Because you said, ‘These two nations and their lands belong to us, and we will take them over, even though the Lord was there with them,’

Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

11 then as I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you in the same way that you showed anger and jealousy to them in your hatred of them. They will realize that I'm punishing you because of the way you treated them.

therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

12 You will also realize that I, the Lord, heard all the nasty things you said about the mountainous land of Israel when you announced, ‘The mountains have been left empty; they're ours to take!’

Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’

13 You made a lot of boasts attacking me—you had much to say against me. I heard it for myself!

You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!

14 This is what the Lord God says: I will destroy you as everyone else in the world celebrates.

This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

15 Just as you celebrated when Israel was destroyed, I will do the same to you. Mount Seir, you will become a wasteland, and so will the rest of Edom. Then they will acknowledge that I am the Lord.”

As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.