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Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, set your face against ^(C1)Mount Seir, and prophesy against it

and say to it, 'This is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, And I will ^(C1)reach out with My hand against you And make you a ^(C2)desolation and a waste.

-"I will ^(C1)turn your cities to ruins, And you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

"Since you have had everlasting ^(C1)hostility and have turned over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of the ^(F1)(C2)punishment of the end,

therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will certainly ^(F1)doom you to ^(C1)bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.

"I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will eliminate from it one who passes through and returns.

"I will ^(C1)fill its mountains with its slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

"I will make you a permanent ^(C1)desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

"Since you have ^(C1)said, 'These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess ^(F1)them,' although the ^(C2)LORD was there,

therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will deal with you ^(C1)according to your anger and according to your envy which you displayed because of your hatred for them; so I will ^(C2)make Myself known among them when I judge you.

"Then you will know ^(F1)that I, the LORD, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, 'They are desolate; they have been ^(C1)given to us as food.'

"And you have ^(F1)(C1)spoken arrogantly against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; ^(C2)I Myself have heard it."

'This is what the Lord GOD says: "As all the ^(C1)earth rejoices, I will make you a desolation.

"As you ^(C1)rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, ^(C2)so I will do to you. You will be a ^(C3)desolation, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD."'