A Prophecy against Mount Seir

1And the word of YHWH came to me, saying: 2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it. 3And say to it, thus says the Lord YHWH:

Behold, I am against you,

O Mount Seir,

and I will stretch out My hand against you,

and I will make you a desolation and a waste.

4I will make your cities a ruin,

and you will become a desolation.

And you will know that I am YHWH.

5Because there has been for you an ancient hatred and you have poured out the sons of Israel upon the hands of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the iniquity of the end, 6therefore, as I live, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, now unto blood I appoint you, and blood will pursue you; since you did not hate blood, blood will pursue you.

7And I will make Mount Seir into an utter desolation, and I will cut off from it the one passing by and the one returning. 8And I will fill its mountains with the slain. On your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your ravines, those slain by the sword will fall in them. 9I will make you a desolation forever, and your cities will not be inhabited. You⁺ will know that I am YHWH.

10Because you have said, ‘The two nations and the two lands will be unto me, and we will possess them,’ and YHWH has been there, 11therefore, as I live, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, I will do according to your anger, and according to the jealousy with which you acted in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

12And you will know that I am YHWH. I have heard all your despisings that you have said about the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us for food.’ 13Thus you⁺ have boasted against Me with your⁺ mouth, and you⁺ have multiplied against Me your⁺ words—I have heard it Myself.

14Thus says the Lord YHWH: According to the rejoicing of all the earth, I will make for you a desolation. 15According to your rejoicing at the inheritance of the house of Israel, upon that it has become desolate, so will I do to you! You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all of Edom—all of it—and they will know that I am YHWH.