Hesekiel 35 | New International Reader’s Version

A prophecy against Edom

1 A message from the LORD came to me. The LORD said,

2 ‘Son of man, turn your attention to Mount Seir. Prophesy against it.

3 Tell it, “The LORD and King says, ‘Mount Seir, I am against you. I will reach out my powerful hand against you. I will turn you into a dry and empty desert.

4 I will destroy your towns. Your land will become empty. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

5 ‘ “ ‘People of Edom, you have been Israel’s enemies for a long time. You let many Israelites be killed by swords when they were in great trouble. At that time I used Nebuchadnezzar to punish them and destroy them completely.

6 Now I will hand you over to murderers. They will hunt you down. You murdered others. So murderers will chase you. And that is just as sure as I am alive,’ announces the LORD and King.

7 ‘I will turn Mount Seir into a dry and empty desert. No one will be able to go anywhere or do anything there.

8 I will fill your mountains with dead bodies. Some of those who are killed by swords will fall down dead on your hills. Others will die in your valleys and in all your canyons.

9 I will make your land empty for ever. No one will live in your towns. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

10 ‘ “ ‘You said, “The nations of Israel and Judah will belong to us. We will take them over.” You said that, even though I was there. I am the LORD.

11 You were full of anger, jealousy and hatred towards my people. So I will punish you. When I judge you, they will know that I am the LORD. And that is just as sure as I am alive,’ announces the LORD and King.

12 ‘You will know that I have heard all the terrible things you said. You said them about those who live in the mountains of Israel. You made fun of them. You said, “They have been destroyed. They’ve been handed over to us. Let’s wipe them out.”

13 You boasted that you were better than I am. You spoke against me. You did not hold anything back. But I heard it.’ ” ’

14 The LORD and King says, ‘The whole earth will be glad. But I will make your land empty.

15 You were happy when the land of Israel became empty. So I will treat you in the same way. Mount Seir, you will be empty. So will the whole land of Edom. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

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English Standard Version

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

1 The word of the Lord came to me:

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

3 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.

4 I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord.

5 Because you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment,

6 therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you.

7 I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go.

8 And I will fill its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain with the sword shall fall.

9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

10 “Because you said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them’—although the Lord was there—

11 therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And I will make myself known among them, when I judge you.

12 And you shall know that I am the Lord. “I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are given us to devour.’

13 And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it.

14 Thus says the Lord God: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

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