Old Testament · Prophets

Ezekiel chapter 35

’s word came to me:“, set your face against and speak against it as a prophet.Tell it: ‘This is what Yahweh, the , says: I am against you, Mount Seir. I will stretch out my hand against you and turn you into a .I will reduce your cities to rubble and you yourself will become a wasteland. Then .Because you nursed an and handed Israel’s people over to the sword at the time of their , when their —therefore — , declares Yahweh, the sovereign God — I will hand you over to bloodshed, and . Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will hunt you down.I will turn Mount Seir into a gutted wasteland and .I will fill your mountains with your . On your hills, in your valleys, in all your ravines — those killed by the sword will fall there.I will make you a . Your cities will never be inhabited again. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.Because you said, ‘These and these two lands will be mine — I will take possession of them,’ —therefore — as I live, declares Yahweh, the sovereign God — I will act according to the anger and you showed because of your hatred toward them. I will make myself known among them when I judge you.Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard every contemptuous word you spoke against the , saying, ‘They are laid waste — they’ve been handed to us to .’You with your mouth and against me. I heard it all.This is what Yahweh, the sovereign God, says: While the , I will make you a wasteland.Because you celebrated when the of Israel’s house became a wasteland, that is exactly what I will do to you. You will become a wasteland, Mount Seir — you and all of , every bit of it. Then .’”