Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face against aMount Seir, and prophesy against itGen 36:8; Ezek 25:12; 36:5 3 and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord 1GOD,“Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir,And I will astretch out My hand against youAnd make you a bdesolation and a waste.Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chJer 6:12; 15:6; Ezek 25:13Jer 49:13, 17, 18; Ezek 35:7
5 Because you have had everlasting aenmity and have 1delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the 2bpunishment of the end,Lit pouredOr iniquityPs 137:7; Ezek 25:12, 15; 36:5; Amos 1:11; Obad 10Ezek 7:2; 21:25, 29 6 therefore as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “I will 1give you over to abloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.Lit prepare you forIs 63:2-6; Ezek 16:38; 32:6 7 I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns. 8 I will afill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will 1fall.Lit fall in themIs 34:5, 6; Ezek 31:12; 32:4, 5; 39:4, 5 9 I will make you an everlasting adesolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.Jer 49:13; Ezek 25:13
10 “Because you have asaid, ‘These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess 1them,’ although the bLORD was there,Lit itPs 83:4-12; Ezek 36:2, 5Ps 48:1-3; 132:13, 14; Is 12:6; Ezek 48:35; Zeph 3:15 11 therefore as I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “I will deal with you aaccording to your anger and according to your envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; so I will bmake Myself known among them when I judge you.Ps 137:7; Ezek 25:14; Amos 1:11Ps 9:16; 73:17, 18 12 Then you will know 1that I, the LORD, have heard all your revilings which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are agiven to us for food.’Or that I am the LORD: I have heardJer 50:7; Ezek 36:2 13 And you have 1aspoken arrogantly against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; bI have heard it.”Lit made great with your mouthIs 10:13, 14; 36:20; Jer 48:26, 42; Dan 11:36Jer 7:11; 29:23 14 Thus says the Lord GOD, “As all the aearth rejoices, I will make you a desolation.Is 44:23; 49:13; Jer 51:48 15 As you arejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, bso I will do to you. You will be a cdesolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’Jer 50:11; Lam 4:21Obad 15Is 34:5, 6; Ezek 35:3, 4