Ezekiel 35

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

Then 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, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet 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, 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 make your cities ruins, and you yourself will become desolate; then you will know that I am Yahweh.

I will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain 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 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—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.

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

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 cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings.

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.

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

I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain 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 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—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.

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

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

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

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 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.'”

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.