[1] Again a message came to me from the LORD: [2] "Son of man, turn and face Mount Seir, and prophesy against its people. [3] Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: "I am your enemy, O Mount Seir, and I will raise my fist against you to destroy you completely. [4] I will demolish your cities and make you desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD. [5] "Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins. [6] As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, since you show no distaste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has come! [7] I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return. [8] I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your ravines will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword. [9] I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the LORD. [10] "For you said, 'The lands of Israel and Judah will be ours. We will take possession of them. What do we care that the LORD is there!' [11] Therefore, as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will pay back your angry deeds with my own. I will punish you for all your acts of anger, envy, and hatred. And I will make myself known to Israel by what I do to you. [12] Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you spoke against the mountains of Israel. For you said, 'They are desolate; they have been given to us as food to eat!' [13] In saying that, you boasted proudly against me, and I have heard it all! [14] "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The whole world will rejoice when I make you desolate. [15] You rejoiced at the desolation of Israel's territory. Now I will rejoice at yours! You will be wiped out, you people of Mount Seir and all who live in Edom! Then you will know that I am the LORD.
