Ezekiel 35

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

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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

Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

3 Say to it, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will strike you with my hand and make you a desolation and a waste.

and say to it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and will make thee a waste, and thou shalt be made desolate.

4 I will make your cities ruins, and you yourself will become desolate; then you will know that I am Yahweh.

And I will cause desolation in thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

5 Because you have always been hostile to the people of Israel, and because you poured them out into the hands of the sword at the time of their distress, at the time their punishment was at its greatest.

Because thou hast been a perpetual enemy, and hast laid wait craftily for the house of Israel, with the hand of enemies with a sword, in the time of injustice, at the last:

6 Therefore, as I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—I will prepare you for bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you! Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, verily thou hast sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.

7 I will make Mount Seir a complete desolation when I cut off from it anyone who passes through and returns again.

And I will make mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle:

8 I will fill its mountains with those who were killed; on your high hills and valleys and in all your streams those who were killed by the sword will fall.

and I will fill thy hills and thy valleys with slain men, and in all thy plains there shall fall in thee men slain with the sword.

9 I will make you a perpetual desolation. Your cities will not be inhabited, but you will know that I am Yahweh.

I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited any more: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

10 You have said, “These two nations and these two lands will become mine, and we will possess them,” even when Yahweh was present with them.

Because thou saidst, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:

11 Therefore, as I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—so I will do according to your anger and according to your jealousy that you had in your hatred of Israel, and I will show myself to them when I judge you.

therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord, I will even deal with thee according to thine enmity, and I will be made known to thee when I shall judge thee:

12 So you will know that I am Yahweh. I have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, when you said, “They have been destroyed; they have been given over to us to devour.”

and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. I have heard the voice of thy blasphemies, whereas thou hast said, The desert mountains of Israel are given to us for food;

13 You exalted yourselves against me with what you said, and you multiplied the words you said against me; and I heard it all.

and thou hast spoken swelling words against me with thy mouth: I have heard [them].

14 The Lord Yahweh says this: I will make you a desolation, while the entire earth rejoices.

Thus saith the Lord; When all the earth is rejoicing, I will make thee desert.

15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the people of Israel because of its desolation, I will do the same to you. You will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and all of Edom—all of it! Then they will know that I am Yahweh.'”

Thou shalt be desert, O mount Seir, and all Idumea; and it shall be utterly consumed: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord their God.