The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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The Lord spoke to me.
2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it,
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"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Edom.
3 And say to it, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and my hand will be stretched out against you, and I will make you a waste and a cause for wonder.
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Tell the people what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying: "I am your enemy, mountains of Edom! I will make you a desolate wasteland.
4 I will make your towns unpeopled and you will be a waste; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
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I will leave your cities in ruins And your land desolate; Then you will know that I am the Lord.
5 Because yours has been a hate without end, and you have given up the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their trouble, in the time of the punishment of the end:
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"You were Israel's constant enemy and let her people be slaughtered in the time of her disaster, the time of final punishment for her sins.
6 For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you.
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So then - as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God - death is your fate, and you cannot escape it. You are guilty of murder, and murder will follow you.
7 And I will make Mount Seir a cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings.
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I will make the hill country of Edom a wasteland and kill everyone who travels through it.
8 I will make his mountains full of those who have been put to death; in your valleys and in all your water-streams men will be falling by the sword.
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I will cover the mountains with corpses, and the bodies of those who are killed in battle will cover the hills and valleys.
9 I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
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I will make you desolate forever, and no one will live in your cities again. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
10 Because you have said, The two nations and the two countries are to be mine, and we will take them for our heritage; though the Lord was there:
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"You said that the two nations, Judah and Israel, together with their lands, belonged to you and that you would possess them, even though I, the Lord, was their God.
11 For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, I will do to you as you have done in your wrath and in your envy, which you have made clear in your hate for them; and I will make clear to you who I am when you are judged by me.
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So then, as surely as I, the Sovereign Lord, am the living God, I will pay you back for your anger, your jealousy, and your hate toward my people. They will know that I am punishing you for what you did to them.
12 And you will see that I the Lord have had knowledge of all the bitter things which you have said against the mountains of Israel, saying, They have been made waste, they are given to us to take for our heritage.
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Then you will know that I, the Lord, heard you say with contempt that the mountains of Israel were desolate and that they were yours to devour.
13 And you have made yourselves great against me with your mouths, increasing your words against me; and it has come to my ears.
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I have heard the wild, boastful way you have talked against me."
14 This is what the Lord has said: Because you were glad over my land when it was a waste, so will I do to you:
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The Sovereign Lord says, "I will make you so desolate that the whole world will rejoice at your downfall,
15 You will become a waste, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.
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just as you rejoiced at the devastation of Israel, my own possession. The mountains of Seir, yes, all the land of Edom, will be desolate. Then everyone will know that I am the Lord."
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.