Ezekiel, 35

1. Thus the word of the LORD came to me:

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

2. Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it.

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

3. Say to it: Thus says the Lord GOD: See! I am coming at you, Mount Seir. I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

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;

4. Your cities I will turn into ruins, and you shall be a waste; thus you shall know that I am the LORD.

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

5. Because you never let die your hatred for the Israelites, whom you delivered over to the power of the sword at the time of their trouble, when their crimes came to an end,

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,

6. therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, you have been guilty of blood, and blood, I swear, shall pursue you.

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.

7. I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste, and cut off from it any traveler.

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

8. With the slain I will fill your hills, your valleys, and all your ravines (in them the slain shall fall by the sword):

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.

9. desolate will I make you forever, and leave your cities without inhabitants; thus you shall know that I am the LORD.

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

10. Because you said: The two nations and the two lands have become mine; we shall possess them--although the LORD was there--

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,

11. therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will deal with you according to your anger and your envy which you have exercised (in your hatred) against them. I will make myself known among you when I judge you,

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,

12. and you shall know that I am the LORD. I have heard all the contemptuous things you have uttered against the mountains of Israel: "They are desolate, they have been given us to devour."

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.

13. I have heard the insolent and wild words you have spoken against me.

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

14. Thus says the Lord GOD: Just as you rejoiced over my land because it was desolate, so will I do to you.

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

15. In keeping with your glee over the devastation of the inheritance of the house of Israel, so will I treat you. A waste shall you be, Mount Seir, you and the whole of Edom. Thus they shall know that I am the LORD.

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.' "