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

Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

2 “ Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

Son of man, set your 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; I will stretch out My hand against you, And make you most desolate;

and tell it, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.

4 I shall lay your cities waste, And you shall be desolate. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

5 “ Because you have had an ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, when their iniquity came to an end,

Because you have had a perpetual hostility, and have given over the children of Israel to the power 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 prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; since you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.

therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.

7 T hus I will make Mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it the one who leaves and the one who returns.

Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns.

8 A nd 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.

I will fill its mountains with its slain: in your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses shall they fall who are slain with the sword.

9 I will make you perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; then you shall know that I am the Lord.

I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

10 “ Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess them,’ although the Lord was there,

Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Yahweh was there:

11 t herefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will do 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.

therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will do according to your anger, and according to your envy which you have shown out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge you.

12 T hen you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.’

You shall know that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they have been given us to devour.

13 T hus with your mouth you have boasted against Me and multiplied your words against Me; I have heard them. ”

You have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.

14 ‘ Thus says the Lord God: “The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

15 A s you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, 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 I am the Lord.”’

As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.