1 M oreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2 S on of man, set your face against the mountain Seir and prophesy against it,

3 A nd say to it, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you, and I will stretch out My hand against you and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.

4 I will lay your cities waste and you shall be desolate, and you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord.

5 B ecause you have had a perpetual enmity and you gave over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, when they were suffering their final punishment,

6 T herefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will expose you to slaughter and slaughter shall pursue you; since you could not bear to live without bloodshed, therefore bloodshed shall pursue you.

7 T hus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation, and I will cut off from it him who passes through it and him who returns.

8 A nd I will fill mountains with his slain men; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines shall those fall who are slain with the sword.

9 I will make you a perpetual desolation and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord.

10 B ecause you said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine and we will take possession of them—although the Lord was there,

11 T herefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy you showed because of your enmity for them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge and punish you.

12 A nd you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all your revilings and scornful speeches that you have uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid waste and desolate; they are given to us to devour.

13 T hus you have boasted and magnified yourselves against Me with your mouth, multiplying your words against Me; I have heard it.

14 T hus says the Lord God: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you a waste and desolation.

15 A s you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so will I deal with you; you shall be a waste and desolation, O Mount Seir and all Edom, all of it. Then they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord.