EZEKIEL 35 [†]The word of the LORD came to me: 2 f “Son of man,  g set your face  h against  i Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3and say to it, Thus says the Lord GOD:  j Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and  k I will stretch out my hand against you,  l and I will make you a desolation and a waste. 4 m I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the LORD. 5[^][†]Because  n you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword  o at the time of their calamity,  p at the time of their final punishment, 6[^]therefore,  q as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you;  r because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. 7 l I will make Mount Seir a waste  m and a desolation, and I will cut off from it  s all who come and go. 8And I will fill  t its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all  t your ravines  u those slain with the sword shall fall. 9 l I will make you a perpetual desolation, and  m your cities shall not be inhabited. Then  v you will know that I am the LORD.

10[†]“Because you said,  w ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and  x we will take possession of them’—although the  y LORD was there— 11therefore,  q as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will deal with you  z according to the anger and  z envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And  a I will make myself known among them, when I judge you. 12And you shall know that I am the LORD.

 b “I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate;  c they are given us to devour.’ 13And  b you magnified yourselves against me  d with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it. 14Thus says the Lord GOD:  e While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. 15As you  f rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate,  g Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then  h they will know that I am the LORD.