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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, set thy face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
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and say to it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and will make thee a waste, and thou shalt be made desolate.
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And I will cause desolation in thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
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Because thou hast been a perpetual enemy, and hast laid wait craftily for the house of Israel, with the hand of enemies with a sword, in the time of injustice, at the last:
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Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, verily thou hast sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.
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And I will make Mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle:
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and I will fill thy hills and thy valleys with slain men, and in all thy plains there shall fall in thee men slain with the sword.
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I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited anymore: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
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Because thou saidst, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:
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therefore, as I live, saith the Lord, I will even deal with thee according to thine enmity, and I will be made known to thee when I shall judge thee:
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and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. I have heard the voice of thy blasphemies, whereas thou hast said, The desert mountains of Israel are given to us for food;
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and thou hast spoken swelling words against me with thy mouth: I have heard them.
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Thus saith the Lord; When all the earth is rejoicing, I will make thee desert.
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Thou shalt be desert, O Mount Seir, and all Edom; and it shall be utterly consumed: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord their God.