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Ezekiel 35

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^a“Son of man ^bset your face ^cagainst ^dMount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: ^eBehold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and ^fI will stretch out my hand against you, ^gand I will make you a desolation and a waste. 4 ^hI will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 5 Because ⁱyou cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword ^jat the time of their calamity ^kat the time of their final punishment, 6 therefore ^las I live, declares the Lord God, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; ^mbecause you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. 7 ⁿI will make Mount Seir a waste ^oand a desolation, and I will cut off from it ^pall who come and go. 8 And I will fill ^qits mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all ^ryour ravines ^sthose slain with the sword shall fall. 9 ^tI will make you a perpetual desolation, and ^uyour cities shall not be inhabited. Then ^vyou will know that I am the Lord.

10 “Because you said ^w‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and ^xwe will take possession of them’—although the ^y Lord was there— 11 therefore ^zas I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you ^aaaccording to the anger and ^abenvy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And ^acI will make myself known among them, when I judge you. 12 And you shall know that I am the Lord.

^ad“I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; ^aethey are given us to devour.’ 13 And ^afyou magnified yourselves against me ^agwith your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it. 14 Thus says the Lord God: ^ahWhile the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. 15 As you ^airejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, ^ajMount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then ^akthey will know that I am the Lord.