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

The Word of the Lord came to me saying,

2 S on of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

“Son of man, look toward Mount Seir and speak against it,

3 A nd say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

saying, ‘The Lord God says, “I am against you, Mount Seir. I will put out My hand against you and make you a waste land.

4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

I will destroy your cities, and you will become a waste. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

5 B ecause thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

You have always hated the people of Israel and have given them over to be killed at the time of their trouble, at the time of the punishment of the end.

6 T herefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

So as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will give you over to death, and you will not get away from death. Since you have not hated killing, death will come after you.

7 T hus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

I will destroy Mount Seir and make it a waste. And I will kill all who travel through it.

8 A nd I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

I will fill its mountains with its dead. Those killed by the sword will fall on your hills and in your valleys.

9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

I will destroy you forever, and no one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

10 B ecause thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there:

“You have said, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will own them,’ even when the Lord was there.

11 T herefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

So as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will punish you for your anger and the jealousy you showed because of your hate toward them. And I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

12 A nd thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all the bad things you have said against the mountains of Israel. You have said, ‘They are destroyed. They are given to us for food.’

13 T hus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.

You have spoken in pride against Me, with many words and I have heard you.”

14 T hus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

The Lord God says, “While the whole earth is filled with joy, I will destroy you.

15 A s thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

As you had joy because the land of Israel was destroyed, so I will do to you. You will be destroyed, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”’