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“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. As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, since you show no dis
taste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has
come! I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to
escape and any who return. I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your
hills, your valleys, and your ravines will be filled with people slaughtered
by the sword. I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be
rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
“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!’ 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. 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!’ In saying that, you boasted proudly against
me, and I have heard it all!
“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The whole world will rejoice
when I make you desolate. You rejoiced at the desolation of Israel’s ter
ritory. 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.
“Son of man, prophesy to Israel’s mountains. Give them this message:
O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Sov
ereign Lord says: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, ‘Aha! Now the
ancient heights belong to us!’ Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of
Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Your enemies have attacked
you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the
object of much mocking and slander. Therefore, O mountains of Israel,
hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. He speaks to the hills and moun
tains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities
that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations. This is
what the Sovereign Lord says: My jealous anger burns against these na
tions, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me
by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.
“Therefore, prophesy to the hills and mountains, the ravines and valleys
of Israel. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am furious that you have
suffered shame before the surrounding nations. Therefore, this is what the
