Ezekiel 35

1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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

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

3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I [am] against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

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.

4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.

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

5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed [the blood of] the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time [that their] iniquity [had] an end:

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.

6 Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

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.

7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

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

8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain [men: ] in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

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.

9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.

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

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

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.

11 Therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

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.

12 And thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD, [and that] I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

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.”

13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard [them].

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

14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

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

15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, [even] all of it: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

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.'”