A
Prophecy Against Edom
The
Word of the Lord came to me:
2
'Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir;
Prophesy
against it and say:
3
'THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
I
am against you, Mount Seir,
And
I will stretch out My Hand against you
And
will make you a Desolate Waste.
4 I
will turn your towns into Ruins
And
you will be Desolate.
THEN
YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.
5
'Because you harbored and Ancient Hostility
And
Delivered the Israelites over to the Sword
AT
THE TIME OF THEIR CALAMITY,
THE
TIME THEIR PUNISHMENT REACHED ITS CLIMAX,
6
Therefore as surely as I live declares the Sovereign Lord,
I
WILL GIVE YOU OVER TO BLOODSHED
AND
IT WILL PURSUE YOU.
Since
you did not Hate bloodshed,
BLOODSHED
WILL PURSUE YOU.
7 I
will make Mount Seir a Desolate Waste
And
Cut Off from it all who come and go.
8 I
will fill your mountains with the Slain;
Those
killed by the Sword will fall on your hills
And
your valleys and in all your ravines.
9 I
WILL MAKE YOUR DESOLATE FOREVER;
Your
towns will not be inhabited.
THEN
YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.
10
'BECAUSE YOU HAVE SAID,
THESE
TWO NATIONS AND COUNTRIES WILL BE OURS
AND
WE WILL TAKE POSSESSION OF THEM,'
Even
though I the Lord was there,
11
Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord,
I
will treat you in accordance with the anger and jealousy
You
showed in your Hatred of them
AND
I WILL MAKE MY SELF KNOWN AMONG THEM
WHEN
I JUDGE YOU.
12
THEN YOU WILL KNOW
I
THE LORD HAVE HEARD
ALL
THE CONTEMPTIBLE THINGS YOU HAVE SAID
AGAINST
THE MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL.
You
said, 'They have been Laid Waste
And
have been given over to us to Devour.'
13
YOU BOASTED AGAINST ME
AND
SPOKEN AGAINST ME WITHOUT RESTRAINT,
AND
I HEARD IT.
14
THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
While
the Whole earth rejoices,
I
will make you Desolate.
15
Because you rejoiced
When
the Inheritance of the House of Israel became Desolate,
That
is how I will treat you.
YOU
WILL BE DESOLATE, O MOUNT SEIR,
YOU
AND ALL OF EDOM.
THEN
YOU WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.'
(Ezekiel
35)
The
Lord is Sovereign over the Nations
And He
Repays them for their Attitude and Iniquities.
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