Prophecy against Mount Seir
Ezekiel 35, verse 1. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Ezekiel 35, verse 2. “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, Ezekiel 35, verse 3. and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord and Master: “Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you, and I will stretch out My hand against you. I will cause you to become a desert, and you will be wasted. Ezekiel 35, verse 4. I will also cause desolation in your cities, and you shall be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Ezekiel 35, verse 5. Because you have an eternal hatred for the house of Israel, and laid in wait deceitfully with sword in hand as enemies, in a time of wrongdoing to the extreme; Ezekiel 35, verse 6. therefore, as I live,” says the Lord and Master, “truly you sinned even to blood, thus blood shall pursue you. Ezekiel 35, verse 7. I will cause Mount Seir to become a desert and a desolate place, and destroy man and cattle from it. Ezekiel 35, verse 8. I will fill your hills and valleys with your slain, and in all your plains and among you the slain shall fall by the sword. Ezekiel 35, verse 9. I will make you an eternal desolation, and your cities will be inhabited no more. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Ezekiel 35, verse 10. “Because you said, ‘The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them,’ though the Lord is there; Ezekiel 35, verse 11. therefore, as I live,” says the Lord, “I will deal with you according to your enmity, and I will be made known to you when I judge you. Ezekiel 35, verse 12. Then you will know that I am the Lord. I heard the voice of your blasphemies when you said, ‘The desert mountains of Israel are given to us as food.’ Ezekiel 35, verse 13. You boasted against Me with your mouth, and I heard it.” Ezekiel 35, verse 14. Thus says the Lord: “When all the earth is in gladness, I will make you a desert. Ezekiel 35, verse 15. You will be a desert, O Mount Seir, and all of Edom will be utterly destroyed. Then you will know that I am the Lord their God.’”