Ezekiel 35

New King James Version

Judgment on Mount Seir

35 Moreover the word of theLordcame to me, saying,² “Son of man, set your face against^(A)Mount Seir and^(B)prophesy against it,³ and say to it, ‘Thus says the LordGod:

^5 (D)“Because you have had an^[b]ancient hatred, and have shedthe blood ofthe children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity,^(E)when their iniquitycame to anend,⁶ therefore,asI live,” says the LordGod, “I will prepare you for^(F)blood, and blood shall pursue you;^(G)since you have not hated^[c]blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.⁷ Thus I will make Mount Seir^[d]most desolate, and cut off from it the^(H)one who leaves and the one who returns.⁸ And I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those who are slain by the sword shall fall.^9 (I)I will make you^[e]perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited;^(J)then you shall know that IamtheLord.

¹⁰ “Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will^(K)possess them,’ although^(L)theLordwas there,¹¹ therefore,asI live,” says the LordGod, “I will do^(M)according to your anger and according to the envy which you showed in your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.^12 (N)Then you shall know that IamtheLord. I have^(O)heard all your^(P)blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.’¹³ Thus^(Q)with your mouth you have^[f]boasted against Me and multiplied your^(R)words against Me; I have heardthem.”

¹⁴ ‘Thus says the LordGod:^(S)“The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate.^15 (T)As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate,^(U)so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom—all of it! Then they shall know that IamtheLord.” ’