Ezekiel 35
Lexham English Bible
Prophecy Directed at Edom
35 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 2 “Son of man,[c] set your face against the mountain of Seir and prophesy against it, 3 and you must say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am against you, mountain of Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a wasteland. 4 Your cities I will make ruins, and you will be a desolation, and then you will know that I am Yahweh, 5 because there has been to you an ancient hostility,[d] and you handed over the Israelites[e] to the power of the sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of their final punishment.[f] 6 Therefore as I live,”[g] declares[h] the Lord Yahweh, “Certainly to blood guilt I will prepare you and blood[i] will pursue; since[j] you did not hate blood,[k] it will pursue you. 7 And I will make the mountain of Seir into a desolation and ruin, and I will cut off from it both he who is crossing over and he who is returning. 8 And I will fill its mountains with its slain; your hills and your valleys and all of your watercourses, the slain by the sword will fall in them. 9 An everlasting desolation[l] I will make you, and your cities will not return, and you will know that I am Yahweh. 10 I do this because of your saying,[m] ‘The two nations and the two lands, they will be mine,[n] and we will take possession of it,’ and yet Yahweh was there. 11 Therefore, as I live,”[o] declares[p] the Lord Yahweh, “so I will deal with you according to your anger and according to your jealousy that you did,[q] because of your hatred against them, and I will make myself known among them when I judge you. 12 And you will know that I, Yahweh, I have heard all of your contemptible words that you said[r] against the mountains of Israel, saying,[s] ‘They will be desolate; they are given to us as food.’ 13 And you magnified yourself against me with your insolent speech,[t] and you spoke voluminously against me with your words—I heard! 14 Thus the Lord Yahweh says, ‘As the whole world rejoices,[u] I will make you a desolation. 15 Like your rejoicing over the inheritance of the house of Israel[v] because[w] it was desolate, I will do to you; you will be a desolation, mountain of Seir and all of Edom, indeed all of it; and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”’
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 35:1 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 35:1 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 35:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 35:5 Literally “enmity of eternity”
- Ezekiel 35:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Ezekiel 35:5 Literally “the time of punishment of end”
- Ezekiel 35:6 Literally “live I”
- Ezekiel 35:6 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 35:6 Or “blood vengeance”
- Ezekiel 35:6 Literally “if not”
- Ezekiel 35:6 Literally “not blood you hated”
- Ezekiel 35:9 Literally “of eternity/endless ages”
- Ezekiel 35:10 Or “thinking”
- Ezekiel 35:10 Literally “to me”
- Ezekiel 35:11 Literally “live I”
- Ezekiel 35:11 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 35:11 Or “showed” or “acted on”
- Ezekiel 35:12 Or “spoke”
- Ezekiel 35:12 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 35:13 Literally “with your mouth”
- Ezekiel 35:14 Literally “as/like the rejoicing of all of the world”
- Ezekiel 35:15 Literally “as/like rejoicing your for the inheritance of the house of Israel”
- Ezekiel 35:15 Literally “because that”
Ezekiel 35
Christian Standard Bible
A Prophecy against Edom
35 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, face Mount Seir(A) and prophesy against it. 3 Say to it, ‘This is what the Lord God says:
Look! I am against you, Mount Seir.
I will stretch out my hand against you
and make you a desolate waste.(B)
4 I will turn your cities into ruins,
and you will become a desolation.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.
5 “‘Because you maintained a perpetual hatred(C) and gave the Israelites over to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster, the time of final punishment,(D) 6 therefore, as I live—this is the declaration of the Lord God—I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.(E) 7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.(F) 8 I will fill its mountains with the slain;(G) those slain by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines. 9 I will make you a perpetual desolation; your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
10 “‘Because you said, “These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them”—though the Lord was there(H)— 11 therefore, as I live—this is the declaration of the Lord God—I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them. I will make myself known among them[a] when I judge you. 12 Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all the blasphemies you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, “They are desolate. They have been given to us to devour!” 13 You boasted against me(I) with your mouth, and spoke many words against me. I heard it myself!
14 “‘This is what the Lord God says: While the whole world rejoices, I will make you a desolation. 15 Just as you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it became a desolation, I will deal the same way with you: you will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and so will all Edom in its entirety. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
Footnotes
- 35:11 LXX reads you
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