Ezekiel 35:1-15
Prophecy against Mount Seir
1 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,
4
“I will (D)lay waste your cities
And you will become a desolation.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.
And you will become a desolation.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.
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.”’
Footnotes:
a.
Ezekiel 35:3: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord, ', and so throughout the ch']
b.
Ezekiel 35:5: ['Lit ', poured]
c.
Ezekiel 35:5: ['Or ', iniquity]
d.
Ezekiel 35:6: ['Lit ', prepare you for]
e.
Ezekiel 35:8: ['Lit ', fall in them]
f.
Ezekiel 35:10: ['Lit ', it]
g.
Ezekiel 35:12: ['Or ', that I am the Lord, : I have heard]
h.
Ezekiel 35:13: ['Lit ', made great with your mouth]
Cross references:
H.
Ezekiel 35:8:
Isaiah 34:5; Isaiah 34:6; Ezekiel 31:12; Ezekiel 32:4; Ezekiel 32:5; Ezekiel 39:4; Ezekiel 39:5
K.
Ezekiel 35:10:
Psalm 48:1-3; Psalm 132:13; Psalm 132:14; Isaiah 12:6; Ezekiel 48:35; Zephaniah 3:15