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Profezia contro gli Edomiti

35 (A)La parola del Signore mi fu rivolta in questi termini:

«*Figlio d'uomo, rivolgi la tua faccia verso il monte *Seir,
*profetizza contro di esso,

e digli: “Cosí parla Dio, il Signore:
Eccomi a te, o monte Seir!
Io stenderò la mia mano contro di te
e ti renderò una solitudine, un deserto.

Io ridurrò le tue città in rovine,
tu diventerai una solitudine,
e conoscerai che io sono il Signore.

Poiché hai avuto una inimicizia senza limiti
e hai abbandonato i figli d'*Israele in balía della spada
nel giorno della loro calamità,
nel giorno che l'*iniquità era giunta al colmo;

per questo, com'è vero che io vivo, dice Dio, il Signore,
io ti lascerò nel sangue, e il sangue t'inseguirà;
poiché non hai odiato il sangue,
il sangue t'inseguirà.

Ridurrò il monte Seir in una solitudine, in un deserto,
e ne sterminerò chi va e chi viene.

Io riempirò i suoi monti dei suoi cadaveri;
sopra i tuoi colli, nelle tue valli, in tutti i tuoi burroni
cadranno gli uccisi dalla spada.

Io ti ridurrò in una desolazione perenne,
le tue città non saranno piú abitate,
e voi conoscerete che io sono il
Signore.

10 Poiché hai detto: «Quelle due nazioni[a] e quei due paesi saranno miei,
noi ce ne impadroniremo»
(e il Signore era là presente! ),

11 com'è vero che io vivo, dice Dio, il Signore,
io agirò con l'ira e con la gelosia
che tu hai mostrate nel tuo odio contro di loro;
e mi farò conoscere in mezzo a loro,
quando ti giudicherò.

12 Tu conoscerai che io, il Signore,
ho udito tutti gli insulti
che hai proferiti contro i monti d'Israele,
dicendo: «Essi sono desolati;
sono dati a noi, perché ne facciamo nostra preda».

13 Voi, con la vostra bocca, vi siete inorgogliti contro di me
e avete moltiplicato contro di me i vostri discorsi.
Io l'ho udito!

14 Cosí parla Dio, il Signore:
Quando tutta la terra si rallegrerà,
io ti ridurrò in una desolazione.

15 Siccome ti sei rallegrato
perché l'eredità della casa d'Israele era devastata,
io farò lo stesso di te:
diventerai una desolazione, o monte Seir,
tu e Edom tutto quanto;
e si conoscerà che io sono il Signore”».

Footnotes

  1. Ezechiele 35:10 Quelle due nazioni, cioè Israele e Giuda.

Judgment on Mount Seir

35 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face against (A)Mount Seir and (B)prophesy against it, and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you;
(C)I will stretch out My hand against you,
And make you [a]most desolate;
I shall lay your cities waste,
And you shall be desolate.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

(D)“Because you have had an [b]ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, (E)when their iniquity came to an end, therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will prepare you for (F)blood, and blood shall pursue you; (G)since you have not hated [c]blood, therefore blood shall pursue you. Thus I will make Mount Seir [d]most desolate, and cut off from it the (H)one who leaves and the one who returns. And I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those who are slain by the sword shall fall. (I)I will make you [e]perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; (J)then you shall know that I am the Lord.

10 “Because you have said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will (K)possess them,’ although (L)the Lord was there, 11 therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will do (M)according to your anger and according to the envy which you showed in your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. 12 (N)Then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have (O)heard all your (P)blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.’ 13 Thus (Q)with your mouth you have [f]boasted against Me and multiplied your (R)words against Me; I have heard them.

14 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (S)“The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate. 15 (T)As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, (U)so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom—all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 35:3 Lit. a desolation and a waste
  2. Ezekiel 35:5 Or everlasting
  3. Ezekiel 35:6 Or bloodshed
  4. Ezekiel 35:7 Lit. a waste and a desolation
  5. Ezekiel 35:9 Lit. desolated forever
  6. Ezekiel 35:13 Lit. made yourself great

35 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there:

11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

12 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them.

14 Thus saith the Lord God; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

35 The word of the Lord came to me: (A)“Son of man, (B)set your face (C)against (D)Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: (E)Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and (F)I will stretch out my hand against you, (G)and I will make you a desolation and a waste. (H)I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord. Because (I)you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword (J)at the time of their calamity, (K)at the time of their final punishment, therefore, (L)as I live, declares the Lord God, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; (M)because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. (N)I will make Mount Seir a waste (O)and a desolation, and I will cut off from it (P)all who come and go. And I will fill (Q)its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all (R)your ravines (S)those slain with the sword shall fall. (T)I will make you a perpetual desolation, and (U)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— 11 therefore, (Z)as I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you (AA)according to the anger and (AB)envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And (AC)I will make myself known among them, when I judge you. 12 And you shall know that I am the Lord.

(AD)“I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; (AE)they are given us to devour.’ 13 And (AF)you magnified yourselves against me (AG)with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it. 14 Thus says the Lord God: (AH)While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. 15 As you (AI)rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, (AJ)Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then (AK)they will know that I am the Lord.