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1 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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5 Moreover the Devar Hashem came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Mount Seir, and be a prophet against it,
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Ben adam, set thy face against Har Se’ir, and prophesy against it,
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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And say unto it, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, O Har Se’ir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out Mine yad against thee, and I will make thee a desolation and a waste.
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 lay thy towns waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am Hashem.
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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Because thou hast had an eivat olam (ancient enmity), and delivered over the Bnei Yisroel to the power of the cherev at the time of their calamity, in the time of their avon ketz (final punishment).
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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Therefore, as I live, saith Adonoi Hashem, I will turn thee unto dahm, and dahm shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated dahm, even dahm shall pursue thee.
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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Thus will I make Har Se’ir most desolate, and cut off from it him that goeth and him that cometh.
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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And I will fill his harim with his slain; in thy geva’ot (hills), and in thy ge’ayot (valleys) and in all thy ravines, shall they fall that are slain with the cherev.
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 thee shimemot olam (eternal desolations), and thy towns shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Hashem.
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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Because thou hast said, These two Goyim [Israel and Judah] and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; although Hashem was there;
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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Therefore, as I live, saith Adonoi Hashem, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine kina (jealousy) which thou hast showed in thy hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
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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And thou shalt know that I am Hashem, and that I have heard all thy insults which thou hast spoken against the harim of Yisroel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given to us to consume.
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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Thus with your mouth ye have boasted of your greatness against Me, have multiplied your devarim against Me; I have heard them.
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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Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: When kol ha’aretz (the whole earth) rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
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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As thou didst rejoice at the nachalah of the Bais Yisroel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee; thou shalt be desolate, O Har Se’ir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Hashem.
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