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1080 Prophecy of Ezechiel

thee: and whereas thou hast hated blood, blood Chapter 36
shall pursue thee.
And thou son of man, prophesy to the mountains
7 And I will make mount Seir waste and deso- of Israel, and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear
late: and I will take away from it him that goeth
the word of the Lord:
and him that returneth. 2 Thus saith the Lord God: Because the en-

8 And I will fill his mountains with his men emy hath said to you: Aha, the everlasting
that are slain: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, heights are given to us for an inheritance.
and in thy torrents they shall fall that are slain 3 Therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith the
with the sword. Lord God: Because you have been desolate, and
trodden under foot on every side, and made an
9 I will make thee everlasting desolations, and inheritance to the rest of the nations, and are
thy cities shall not be inhabited: and thou shalt become the subject of the talk, and the reproach
know that I am the Lord God. of the people:
10 Because thou hast said: The two nations, 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the
word of the Lord God: Thus saith the Lord God
and the two lands shall be mine, and I will pos-
sess them by inheritance: whereas the Lord was to the mountains, and to the hills, to the brooks,
and to the valleys, and to desolate places, and
there.
ruinous walls, and to the cities that are forsaken,
11 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God, I that are spoiled, and derided by the rest of the
will do according to thy wrath, and according to nations round about.
thy envy, which thou hast exercised in hatred to 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: In the
them: and I will be made known by them, when fire of my zeal I have spoken of the rest of the
I shall have judged thee. nations, and of all Edom, who have taken my
land to themselves, for an inheritance with joy,
12 And thou shalt know that I the Lord have
and with all the heart, and with the mind: and
heard all thy reproaches, that thou hast spoken
have cast it out to lay it waste.
against the mountains of Israel, saying. They
6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of
are desolate, they are given to us to consume.
Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills,
13 And you rose up against me with your to the ridges, and to the valleys: Thus saith the
mouth, and have derogated from me by your Lord God: Behold I have spoken in my zeal, and
words: I have heard them. in my indignation, because you have borne the
shame of the Gentiles.
14 Thus saith the Lord God: When the whole
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: I have
earth shall rejoice, I will make thee a wilderness.
lifted up my hand, that the Gentiles who are
15 As thou hast rejoiced over the inheritance round about you, shall themselves bear their
of the house of Israel, because it was laid waste, shame.
so will I do to thee: thou shalt be laid waste, O 8 But as for you, O mountains of Israel, shoot
mount Seir, and all Idumea: and they shall know ye forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my
that I am the Lord. people of Israel: for they are at hand to come.