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1. The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,

1. The word of the LORD came to me:

2. 'Son of man, turn towards Mount Seir and prophesy against it.

2. "Son of man, set your face against Mount Se'ir, and prophesy against it,

3. Say to it, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I shall stretch out my hand against you; I shall make you a desolate waste;

3. and say to it, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, Mount Se'ir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.

4. I shall lay your towns in ruins. You will become a waste and you will know that I am Yahweh.

4. I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

5. Since, following a long-standing hatred, you betrayed the Israelites to the sword on the day of their distress, on the day when an end came for their guilt,

5. Because you cherished perpetual enmity, and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment;

6. very well, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I destine you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. I swear it; you have incurred guilt by shedding blood, and bloodshed will pursue you.

6. therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you are guilty of blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.

7. I shall make Mount Seir a desolate waste and denude it of anyone travelling to and fro.

7. I will make Mount Se'ir a waste and a desolation; and I will cut off from it all who come and go.

8. I shall fill its mountains with its slaughtered; on your hills, in your valleys and in all your ravines, those slaughtered by the sword will fall.

8. And I will fill your mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain with the sword shall fall.

9. I shall make you a perpetual waste, your towns will never be inhabited again, and you will know that I am Yahweh.

9. I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

10. "Since you said: The two nations and the two countries will be mine; we are going to take possession of it, although Yahweh was there,

10. "Because you said, `These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,' -- although the LORD was there --

11. very well, as I live -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- I shall act with the same anger and jealousy as you acted in your hatred for them. I shall make myself known for their sake, when I punish you,

11. therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among you, when I judge you.

12. and you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the blasphemies which you have uttered against the mountains of Israel, such as: They have been laid waste, they have been given to us for us to devour.

12. And you shall know that I, the LORD, have heard all the revilings which you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, `They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.'

13. Great was your insolence towards me, many your speeches against me; I have heard!

13. And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it.

14. Lord Yahweh says this: To the joy of the whole world, I shall make you a waste.

14. Thus says the Lord GOD: For the rejoicing of the whole earth I will make you desolate.

15. Since you rejoiced because the heritage of the House of Israel had been laid waste, I shall do the same to you, Mount Seir; and you will become a waste, and so will the whole of Edom; and they will know that I am Yahweh.' "

15. As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Se'ir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD.



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