Ezekiel 35:1-9

New King James Version

Judgment on 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 ^(B)prophesy against it, ³and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you;
^(C)I will stretch out My hand against you,
And make you ^[a]most desolate;
⁴I shall lay your cities waste,
And you shall be desolate.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

⁵^(D)“Because you have had an ^[b]ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, ^(E)when their iniquity came to an end, ⁶therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will prepare you for ^(F)blood, and blood shall pursue you; ^(G)since you have not hated ^[c]blood, therefore blood shall pursue you. ⁷Thus I will make Mount Seir ^[d]most desolate, and cut off from it the ^(H)one who leaves and the one who returns. ⁸And I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those who are slain by the sword shall fall. ⁹^(I)I will make you ^[e]perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; ^(J)then you shall know that I am the Lord.