Ezekiel 35

1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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

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

Son of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it,

3 and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.

And say to it, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and my hand will be stretched out against you, and I will make you a waste and a cause for wonder.

4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah.

I will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword, in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;

Because yours has been a hate without end, and you have given up the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their trouble, in the time of the punishment of the end:

6 therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will certainly appoint thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, blood shall pursue thee.

For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you.

7 And I will make mount Seir a desolation and an astonishment, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth;

And I will make Mount Seir a cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings.

8 and I will fill his mountains with his slain. In thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy water-courses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

I will make his mountains full of those who have been put to death; in your valleys and in all your water-streams men will be falling by the sword.

9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it, whereas Jehovah was there:

Because you have said, The two nations and the two countries are to be mine, and we will take them for our heritage; though the Lord was there:

11 therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will even do according to thine anger and according to thine envy, as thou hast done out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.

For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, I will do to you as you have done in your wrath and in your envy, which you have made clear in your hate for them; and I will make clear to you who I am when you are judged by me.

12 And thou shalt know that I Jehovah have heard all thy reproaches, which thou hast uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

And you will see that I the Lord have had knowledge of all the bitter things which you have said against the mountains of Israel, saying, They have been made waste, they are given to us to take for our heritage.

13 And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard [them].

And you have made yourselves great against me with your mouths, increasing your words against me; and it has come to my ears.

14 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee a desolation.

This is what the Lord has said: Because you were glad over my land when it was a waste, so will I do to you:

15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolated, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be a desolation, O mount Seir, and all Edom, the whole of it: and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

You will become a waste, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.