Ezekiel 35

New American Standard Bible 1995

Prophecy against Mount Seir

35 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying, ² “Son of man, set your face against ^(A)Mount Seir, and prophesy against it ³ and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord ^[a]God,

⁵ Because you have had everlasting ^(E)enmity and have ^[b]delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the ^[c](F)punishment of the end, ⁶ therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will ^[d]give you over to ^(G)bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you. ⁷ I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns. ⁸ I will ^(H)fill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will ^[e]fall. ⁹ I will make you an everlasting ^(I)desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

¹⁰ “Because you have ^(J)said, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess ^[f]them,’ although the ^(K)Lord was there, ¹¹ therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will deal with you ^(L)according to your anger and according to your envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; so I will ^(M)make Myself known among them when I judge you. ¹² Then you will know ^[g]that I, the Lord, have heard all your revilings which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are ^(N)given to us for food.’ ¹³ And you have ^[h](O)spoken arrogantly against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; ^(P)I have heard it.” ¹⁴ Thus says the Lord God, “As all the ^(Q)earth rejoices, I will make you a desolation. ¹⁵ As you ^(R)rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, ^(S)so I will do to you. You will be a ^(T)desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”’