Ezekiel 35

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The Message Against Edom

35 <1> The word of the Lord came to me. He said, <2> "Son of man,[198] look toward Mount Seir, and speak against it for me. <3> Say to it, 'This is what the Lord my Master says:

"'I am against you, Mount Seir!

I will punish you.

I will make you an empty wasteland.

<4> I will destroy your cities,

and you will become empty.

Then you will know that I am the Lord.

<5> Why? Because you have always been

against my people.

You used your sword against Israel at the time of their trouble,

at the time of their final punishment.'"

<6> So the Lord my Master says, "By my life I promise that I will let death have you. Death will chase you. You did not hate killing people, so death will chase you. <7> I will make Mount Seir an empty ruin. I will kill everyone who enters or leaves that city. <8> I will cover its mountains with corpses. There will be dead bodies all over your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines. <9> I will make you empty forever. No one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord."

<10> You said, "These two nations and countries, Israel and Judah, will be mine. We will take them for our own."

But the Lord is there! <11> And the Lord my Master says, "You were jealous of my people. You were angry and hateful to them. So by my life, I swear that I will punish you the same way you hurt them! I will punish you and let my people know that I am with them. <12> And then you, too, will know that I have heard all your insults. You said many bad things against the mountain of Israel. You said, 'Israel has been destroyed! We will chew them up like food!' <13> And you were proud and said things against me. You spoke too many times and I have heard every word you said. Yes, I heard you."

<14> This is what the Lord my Master says: "All the earth will be happy when I destroy you. <15> You were happy when the country of Israel was destroyed. I will treat you the same way. Mount Seir and the whole country of Edom will be destroyed. Then you will know that I am the Lord."