EZEKIEL Chapter 35 - A Prophecy Against Edom

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.