Ezekiel 35

¹ The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,

² 'Son of man, turn towards Mount Seir and prophesy against it.

³ Say to it, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I shall stretch out my handagainst you; I shal make you a desolate waste;

⁴ I shal lay your towns in ruins. You wil become a waste and you wil know that I am Yahweh.

⁵ Since, fol owing a long-standing hatred, you betrayed the Israelites to the sword on the day of theirdistress, on the day when an end came for their guilt,

⁶ very wel , as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I destine you to bloodshed, and bloodshed wilpursue you. I swear it; you have incurred guilt by shedding blood, and bloodshed will pursue you.

⁷ I shal make Mount Seir a desolate waste and denude it of anyone travel ing to and fro.

⁸ I shal fil its mountains with its slaughtered; on your hills, in your val eys and in all your ravines, thoseslaughtered by the sword will fal .

⁹ I shal make you a perpetual waste, your towns wil never be inhabited again, and you wil know that Iam Yahweh.

¹⁰ "Since you said: The two nations and the two countries wil be mine; we are going to take possessionof it, although Yahweh was there,

¹¹ very well, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I shal act with the same anger and jealousy as youacted in your hatred for them. I shall make myself known for their sake, when I punish you,

¹² and you wil know that I, Yahweh, have heard al the blasphemies which you have uttered against themountains of Israel, such as: They have been laid waste, they have been given to us for us to devour.

¹³ Great was your insolence towards me, many your speeches against me; I have heard!

¹⁴ Lord Yahweh says this: To the joy of the whole world, I shal make you a waste.

¹⁵ Since you rejoiced because the heritage of the House of Israel had been laid waste, I shal do thesame to you, Mount Seir; and you wil become a waste, and so wil the whole of Edom; and they will know that Iam Yahweh.' "