and say to it, ‘This is what the Lord [a]God says:

“Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir,
And I will (A)reach out with My hand against you
And make you a (B)desolation and a waste.
I will (C)turn your cities to ruins,
And you will become a desolation.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Since you have had everlasting (D)hostility and have turned over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of the [b](E)punishment of the end, therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will certainly [c]doom you to (F)bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 35:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 35:5 Or injustice
  3. Ezekiel 35:6 Lit make bloodshed of you

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