A Prophecy Against Edom

12 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Edom(A) took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so, 13 therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand(B) against Edom and kill both man and beast.(C) I will lay it waste, and from Teman(D) to Dedan(E) they will fall by the sword.(F) 14 I will take vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger(G) and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”(H)

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12 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of the doings of Edom in avenging himself with vengeance for[a] the house of Judah, and so they became very guilty and[b] they avenged themselves on them,” 13 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “so[c] I will stretch out my hand against Edom and I will cut off from it both human and animal, and I will make it a ruin from Teman and Dedan; they will fall by the sword. 14 And I will exact my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will do in Edom according to my anger and according to my rage, and they will know my vengeance,” declares[d] the Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 25:12 Or “toward”
  2. Ezekiel 25:12 Or “since”
  3. Ezekiel 25:13 Literally “and”
  4. Ezekiel 25:14 Literally “declaration of”