English / ERV
Ezekiel 35
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1The word of the LORD came to me. He said,
- 2“Son of man,[1] look toward Mount Seir and speak against it for me.
- 3Say 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.
- 4I will destroy your cities, and you will become empty. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- 5“‘Why? Because you have always been against my people. You used your sword against Israel at the time of their trouble, at the time of their final punishment.’”
- 6So the Lord GOD says, “But I promise by my own life that I will let death have you. Death will chase you. You did not hate killing people, so death will chase you.
- 7I will make Mount Seir an empty ruin. I will kill everyone who enters or leaves that city.
- 8I will cover its mountains with those who are killed. There will be dead bodies all over your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
- 9I will make you empty forever. No one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
- 10You said, “These two nations and countries, Israel and Judah, will be mine. We will take them for our own.” But the LORD is there!
- 11And the Lord GOD says, “You were jealous of my people. You were angry and hateful to them. So by my life, I swear that I will punish you the same way you hurt them! I will punish you and let my people know that I am with them.
- 12And then you, too, will know that I am the LORD. “I have heard you making fun of Israel’s hill country. You said, ‘It is in ruins, just waiting for us to swallow it up.’
- 13Your proud boasting is really against me. Time after time you have insulted me, and I have heard every word.”