Ezekiel 35 - Easy To Read Version

¹ The word of the Lord came to me. He said,

² “Son of man, {\cf2\super [276]} look toward Mount Seir, and speak against it for me.

³ Say to it, ‘The Lord my Master says these things:

⁴ I will destroy your cities.\par And you will become empty.\par Then you will know that I am the Lord.\par

⁵ Why? Because you have always been\par against my people.\par You used your sword against Israel\par at the time of their trouble,\par at the time of their final punishment.’”\par

⁶ So the Lord my Master says, “By my life I promise that I will let death have you. Death will chase you. You did not hate killing people. So death will chase you.

⁷ And I will make Mount Seir an empty ruin. I will kill every person that comes from that city. And I will kill every person that tries to go into that city.

⁸ I will cover its mountains with dead bodies. Those dead bodies will be all over your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

⁹ I will make you empty forever. No one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”

¹⁰ You said, “These two nations and countries (Israel and Judah) will be mine. We will take them for our own.”

¹¹ And the Lord my Master says, “You were jealous of my people. You were angry at them and you were hateful to me. So by my life, I promise 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.

¹² And then you too will know that I have heard all your insults. You said many bad things against the mountain of Israel. You said, ‘Israel has been destroyed! We will chew them up like food!’

¹³ And you were proud and said things against me. You spoke too many times and I have heard every word you said! Yes, I heard you.”

¹⁴ The Lord my Master says these things, “All the earth will be happy when I destroy you

¹⁵ You were happy when the country of Israel was destroyed. I will treat you the same way. Mount Seir and the whole country of Edom will be destroyed. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”