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

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

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

`Son of man, set thy face against mount 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.

and thou hast said to it: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I against thee, O mount Seir, And have stretched out My hand against thee, And made thee 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.

Thy cities a waste I make, and thou art a desolation, And thou hast known that I Jehovah.

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,

Because of thy having an enmity age-during, And thou dost saw the sons of Israel, By the hands of the sword, In the time of their calamity, In the time of the iniquity of the end:

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.

Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee.

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.

And I have given mount Seir for a desolation and an astonishment, And have cut off from it him who is passing over and him who is returning,

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.

And filled his mountains with his wounded, Thy hills, and thy valleys, and all thy streams, The pierced of the sword fall into them.

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.

Desolations age-during I make thee, And thy cities do not return, And ye have known that I Jehovah.

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,

Because of thy saying: The two nations and the two lands are mine, and we have possessed it, And Jehovah hath been 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.

Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And I have done according to thine anger, And according to thine envy, With which thou hast wrought, Because of thy hatred against them, And I have been known among them when I judge thee.

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.

And thou hast known that I -- Jehovah, I have heard all thy despisings that thou hast spoken Against mountains of Israel, saying: A desolation, to us they were given for food.

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

And ye magnify yourselves against Me with your mouth, And have made abundant against Me your words, I -- I have heard.

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

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: According to the rejoicing of the whole land, A desolation I make of thee.

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.

According to thy joy at the inheritance of the house of Israel because of desolation, So I do to thee -- a desolation thou art, O mount Seir, and all Edom -- all of it, And they have known that I Jehovah!