Ezekiel 35:3

The 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, ² Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, ³ 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. ⁴ I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be a desolation: and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah. ⁵ Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword, in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end; ⁶ therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will certainly appoint thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, blood shall pursue thee. ⁷ And I will make mount Seir a desolation and an astonishment, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth; ⁸ and I will fill his mountains with his slain. In thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy water-courses shall they fall that are slain with the sword. ⁹ I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

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 behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] to which thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done what I have spoken to thee of.

Genesis 31:3
And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

Genesis 31:42
Had not the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, been with me, it is certain thou wouldest have sent me away now empty. God has looked upon my affliction and the labour of my hands, and has judged last night.

Genesis 32:7
Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.

Genesis 32:24
And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.

Genesis 35:1
And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto the God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Genesis 35:2
And Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

Genesis 35:5
And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

Genesis 35:12
And the land that I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

Genesis 35:13
And God went up from him in the place where he had talked 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."