1Herren sagde til mig:2„Du menneske, ret blikket mod Seirs bjerg og profetér imod Edoms folk:3Jeg er imod jer, Seirs stolte bjerge. Jeg løfter min hånd for at straffe jer og gøre jeres land til en ødemark.4Jeg jævner jeres byer med jorden og lægger hele landet øde, så I kan forstå, at jeg er Herren.5I har altid hadet mit folk, Israel. I overfaldt dem og sablede dem ned, dengang jeg var nødt til at straffe dem.6Så sandt jeg lever, siger Herren: I elsker at se blod, og I skal få blod at se, for nu kommer turen til jer.7Jeg gør Seirs bjerge til ødemark og udrydder folket, som færdes der.8Jeg sørger for, at bjergsider, dale og vandløb bliver fyldt med lig.9Landet bliver en ødemark for evigt, og ingen skal bo i byerne igen. Da skal I indse, at jeg er Herren.10I rykkede ud mod Israel og Juda for at erobre dem, selvom I vidste, at jeg var deres Gud.11Så sandt jeg lever, vil jeg straffe jer på grund af jeres vrede, had og jalousi, og I skal erkende, at det er mig, Herren, som griber ind og dømmer jer.12Da skal I indse, at jeg hørte hvert eneste hånende ord, I udtalte imod Israels bjerge, da I mente, at de lå øde hen, og at I derfor havde ret til at besætte dem.13I hånede mig med de mange ord, I udtalte imod mig. Men jeg hørte det alt sammen.14Gud Herren siger: Hele verden vil fryde sig over jeres undergang.15I frydede jer over Israels sørgelige skæbne. Nu er det min tur til at fryde mig over jeres, for I vil blive udryddet, alle I folk i Seirs bjerge og i hele Edom. Da skal I indse, at jeg er Herren.
1The word of the Lord came to me:2“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, (1.Mos 32,3; Es 21,11; Ez 2,1; Ez 6,2; Ez 25,8; Ez 25,12; Amos 1,11; Mal 1,4)3and 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. (Ez 6,14; Ez 13,8; Ez 33,28)4I will lay your cities waste, and you shall become a desolation, and you shall know that I am the Lord. (Es 17,9; Es 27,10)5Because you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment, (Salm 137,7; Ez 21,25; Amos 1,11; Ob 1,13)6therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you; because you did not hate bloodshed, therefore blood shall pursue you. (1.Mos 9,6; Ez 16,48)7I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation, and I will cut off from it all who come and go. (Ez 29,11; Ez 35,3; Ez 35,4)8And I will fill its mountains with the slain. On your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain with the sword shall fall. (Ez 31,12; Ez 31,17; Ez 32,20)9I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord. (Ez 6,7; Ez 35,3; Ez 35,4)10“Because you said, ‘These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will take possession of them’—although the Lord was there— (Salm 83,6; Salm 83,12; Ez 36,2; Ez 36,5; Ez 37,22; Ez 48,35)11therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And I will make myself known among them, when I judge you. (Ez 35,6; Ez 35,9; Ez 35,15; Matt 7,2)12And you shall know that I am the Lord. “I have heard all the revilings that you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate; they are given us to devour.’ (2.Kong 19,4; 2.Kong 19,28; Ez 35,10)13And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and multiplied your words against me; I heard it. (1.Sam 2,3; Ez 35,12)14Thus says the Lord God: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. (Es 65,13)15As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord. (Salm 137,7; Ez 6,7; Ez 35,2; Ez 36,5)