Ezekiel Chapter 35

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

¹ A message from the Lord came to me:

² “Son of man, face Mount Seir and prophesy against it, ³ ‘The Lord Yahveh says,

“I’m against you, Mount Seir;

I’ll make you a wasteland.

⁴ I’ll lay your towns waste,

      and you’ll be desolate.

You’ll know I’m Yahveh.

⁵ In your endless enmity, you delivered Israel to the sword at the time of its catastrophe, its final punishment. ⁶ So as I live, I’ll deliver you to bloodshed. Since you haven’t despised bloodshed, it’ll pursue you. ⁷ I’ll make Mount Seir a waste and slay everyone that tries to escape or return there. ⁸ I’ll fill its mountains with the dead. They’ll fall in its hills, valleys, and ravines. ⁹ I’ll make it a permanent wasteland and its towns uninhabited. It will know I’m Yahveh.    Ezek 35:1-9      

¹⁰ “Mount Seir has said, ‘I’m going to take over those two lands and make them mine’—though Yahveh was there. ¹¹ So as I live,” the Lord Yahveh says. “I’ll deal with you in proportion to the anger, envy, and hate you’ve shown them. I’ll make myself known among them when I condemn you. ¹² You’ll know that I’ve heard your contempt for the mountain in Israel, ‘They’re desolate; they’ve been given to us to devour.’ ¹³ I’ve heard you speak arrogantly against me over and over. ¹⁴ While the whole world celebrates, I’ll make you desolate. ¹⁵ As you celebrated Israel’s desolation, you’ll be desolate, Mount Seir and all Edom. You’ll know I’m Yahveh.”’         

Ezek 35:10-15