Ezekiel 35:3

Bible in Basic English

And say to it, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and my hand will be stretched out against you, and I will make you a waste and a cause for wonder.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Say to it, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

Hebrew Names Version
and tell it, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, Mount Se`ir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.

King James Version
And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

English Standard Version
and say to it, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.

New American Standard Bible
and say to it, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, And I will reach out with My hand against you And make you a desolation and a waste.

New Century Version
Say to it: ‘This is what the Lord God says: I am against you, Edom. I will stretch out my hand against you and make you an empty desert.

Amplified Bible
and say to it, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, Mount Seir, I am against you, And I will stretch out My hand against you And make you completely desolate.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And say vnto it, Thus sayth the Lord God, Behold, O mount Seir, I come against thee, and I wil stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee desolate and waste.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and say to it, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, And I will stretch out My hand against you And make you a desolation and a waste.

Legacy Standard Bible
and say to it, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,"Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir,And I will stretch out My hand against youAnd make you a desolation and a desecration.

Berean Standard Bible
and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

Contemporary English Version
and say to them: I, the Lord God, am now your enemy! And I will turn your nation into an empty wasteland,

Complete Jewish Bible
and say that Adonai Elohim says, ‘I am against you, Mount Se‘ir. I will stretch out my hand against you and make you utterly desolate.

Darby Translation
and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.

Easy-to-Read Version
Say to it, ‘This is what the Lord God says: "‘I am against you, Mount Seir! I will punish you and make you an empty wasteland.

George Lamsa Translation
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 desolate and waste.

Good News Translation
Tell the people what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying: "I am your enemy, mountains of Edom! I will make you a desolate wasteland.

Lexham English Bible
and you must say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you, mountain of Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a wasteland.

Literal Translation
And say to it, So says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch My hand against you, and I will make you a ruin and a waste.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& saye vnto it: Thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, (o thou mount Seir) I will vpon the, I will reach out myne hode ouer the, yee waist & desolate wil I make the.

American Standard Version
and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and say unto it: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out My hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

King James Version (1611)
And say vnto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And say vnto it, thus saith the Lorde God: Beholde O thou mount Seir, I wyll vpon thee, I wyll reache out my hande ouer thee, yea waste and desolate wyll I make thee,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and say to it,

English Revised Version
and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment.

World English Bible
and tell it, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord God seith these thingis, Thou hil of Seir, lo! Y to thee; Y schal stretche forth myn hond on thee, and Y schal yyue thee desolat and forsakun.

Update Bible Version
and say to it, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Look, I am against you, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.

Webster's Bible Translation
And say to it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I [am] against thee, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

New English Translation
Say to it, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: "‘Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I will stretch out my hand against you and turn you into a desolate ruin.

New King James Version
and say to it, "Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you; I will stretch out My hand against you, And make you most desolate;

New Living Translation
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.

New Life Bible
saying, ‘The Lord God says, "I am against you, Mount Seir. I will put out My hand against you and make you a waste land.

New Revised Standard
and say to it, Thus says the Lord God : I am against you, Mount Seir; I stretch out my hand against you to make you a desolation and a waste.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and thou shalt say to it Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Behold me! against thee Mount Seir, - Therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, And will make thee a desolation and an astonishment:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, mount Seir, and I will stretch forth my hand upon thee, and I will make thee desolate and waste.

Revised Standard Version
and say to it, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, Mount Se'ir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast said to it: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, O mount Seir, And have stretched out My hand against thee, And made thee a desolation and an astonishment.

Contextual Overview

¹ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² Son of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it, ³ And say to it, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and my hand will be stretched out against you, and I will make you a waste and a cause for wonder. ⁴ I will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain that I am the Lord. ⁵ Because yours has been a hate without end, and you have given up the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their trouble, in the time of the punishment of the end: ⁶ For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you. ⁷ And I will make Mount Seir a cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings. ⁸ I will make his mountains full of those who have been put to death; in your valleys and in all your water-streams men will be falling by the sword. ⁹ I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I am: Ezekiel 5:8, Ezekiel 21:3, Ezekiel 29:3, Ezekiel 29:10, Jeremiah 21:13, Nahum 2:13, Nahum 3:5

and I will stretch: Ezekiel 6:14, Jeremiah 6:12, Jeremiah 15:6, Jeremiah 51:25

most desolate: Heb. desolation and desolation, Ezekiel 35:7, Ezekiel 5:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 33:14 - unto Seir 2 Chronicles 20:23 - mount Seir Lamentations 4:21 - the cup Ezekiel 13:8 - behold Ezekiel 25:7 - I will stretch Ezekiel 34:10 - I am Ezekiel 35:15 - shalt Ezekiel 38:2 - set Ezekiel 38:3 - I am Ezekiel 39:1 - Behold Obadiah 1:1 - concerning

Cross-References

Genesis 28:15
And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

Genesis 31:3
Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

Genesis 31:42
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

Genesis 32:7
Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;

Genesis 32:24
Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

Genesis 35:1
And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

Genesis 35:5
So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 35:12
And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

Genesis 35:13
Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And say unto it, thus saith the Lord God,.... The prophet was not upon the spot, and could not direct his speech immediately to the Edomites; but he might send this prophecy to their ambassadors at Babylon; or in a letter to them in their own land, in the name of the Lord:

behold, O Mount Seir, I am against thee: not the face of the prophet only, but the face of God himself was against them; and a terrible thing it is for any to have God to be against them, whether a nation, or a particular person. The Targum is,

"behold, I send my fury upon thee:''

and I will stretch out mine hand against thee; which was able to reach them wherever they were: and which, being stretched out, cannot be turned back; and, where it lights, falls heavy indeed; namely, his mighty hand of power and wrath. The Targum is,

"and I will lift up the stroke of my power upon thee;''

that is, lift up his hand and strike powerfully; the consequence of which must be as follows:

and I will make thee most desolate; their land, cities, towns, and villages, all should be utterly laid waste; see Revelation 17:16, so it follows:

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 35:3. Most desolate. — Literally, "A desolation and a wilderness."