Ezekiel 35

1 Moveover the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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

2 Sonne of man, Set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesie against it,

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

3 And say vnto it, Thus sayth the Lord God, Behold, O mount Seir, I come against thee, and I wil stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee desolate and waste.

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 wil lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord.

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 perpetuall hatred and hast put the children of Israel to flight by the force of the sword in the time of their calamitie, when their iniquitie had an ende,

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 liue, sayth the Lord God, I wil prepare thee vnto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: except thou hate blood, euen 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 Thus will I make mount Seir desolate and waste, 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 mountaines with his slayne men: in thine hilles, and in thy valleys and in all thy riuers shall they fall, that are slayne with the sworde.

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 wil make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not returne, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord.

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 countreys shalbe mine, and we wil possesse them (seeing the Lord 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 liue, sayth the Lord God, I wil euen do according to thy wrath, and according to thine indignation which thou hast vsed in thine hatred against them: and I wil make my selfe knowen among them whe I haue iudged 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 the Lord haue heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountaines of Israel, saying, They lye waste, they are giuen vs to be deuoured.

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 Thus with your mouthes ye haue boasted against me, and haue multiplied your words against me: I haue 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 sayth the Lord God, So shall all the world reioyce when I shall make thee desolate.

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 diddest reioyce at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I doe vnto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea wholly, and they shall know, that I am the Lord.

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.