¶¹Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set² thy face against mount³ Seir, and prophesy⁴ against it,

And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am⁵ against thee, and I will stretch⁶ out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate⁷.

I will lay⁸ thy cities waste, and thou⁹ shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Because thou hast had¹⁰ a perpetual hatred¹¹, and hast shed the blood of¹² the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the¹³ time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will¹⁴ prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith¹⁵ thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate¹⁶, and cut off from it him that passeth¹⁷ out and him that returneth.

¹⁸And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

I will make¹⁹ thee perpetual²⁰ desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye²¹ shall know that I am the LORD.

¶ Because thou hast²² said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas²³ the LORD was there:

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even²⁴ do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I²⁵ will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

And thou²⁶ shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard²⁷ all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given²⁸ us to consume²⁹.

Thus with³⁰ your mouth ye have boasted³¹ against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have³² heard them.

³³Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

As thou didst³⁴ rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt³⁵ be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea³⁶, even all of it: and they³⁷ shall know that I am the LORD.