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1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
3 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and I will stretch out My hand against you, and I will make you a waste, and you shall be made desolate.
4 And I will cause desolation in your cities, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
5 Because you have been a perpetual enemy, and have lied in wait craftily for the house of Israel, with the hand of enemies with a sword, in the time of injustice, at the last:
6 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, verily you have sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.
7 And I will make Mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off of it [both] men and cattle;
8 and I will fill your hills and your valleys with the slain, and in all your plains there shall fall in you men slain with the sword.
9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited anymore; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
10 Because you said, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there.
11 Therefore, [as] I live, says the Lord, I will even deal with you according to your enmity, and I will be made known to you when I shall judge you;
12 and you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard the voice of your blasphemies, whereas you have said, The desert mountains of Israel are given to us for food;
13 and you have spoken swelling words against Me with your mouth: I have heard [them].
14 Thus says the Lord: When all the earth is rejoicing, I will make you desolate.
15 You shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, and all of Edom; and it shall be utterly consumed; and you shall know that I am the Lord their God.
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