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Ezekiel 35

1 The deſtruction that ſhal come on mount Seir, becauſe thei troubled the people of the Lord.
1.MOreouer the worde of the Lord came vnto me, ſaying,
2.Sonne of man, ſet thy face againſt mount Seír, and prophecie againſt it,
3.And ſaie vnto it, Thus ſaith the Lord God, Beholde, ô mount Seír, I come againſt thee, and I wil ſtretche out mine hand againſt thee, and I wil make thee deſolate and waſte.
4.I wil laie thy cities waſte, and thou ſhalt be deſolate, and thou ſhalt knowe that I am the Lord.
5.Becauſe thou haſt had a perpetual hatred & haſt put the children of Iſraél to flight by the force of the ſworde in the time of their calamitie, when their iniquitie had an end,
6.Therefore as I liue, ſaith the Lord God, I wil prepare thee vnto blood, and blood ſhal purſue thee: except thou hate blood, euen blood ſhal purſue thee.
7.Thus wil I make mount Seír deſolate and waſte, and cut of from it him that paſſeth out and him that returneth.
8.And I wil fil his mountaines with his ſlaine men: in thine hils, and in thy valleis and in all thy riuers ſhal thei fall, that are ſlaine with the ſworde.
9.I wil make thee perpetual deſolatiõs, and thy cities ſhal not returne, and ye ſhal knowe that I am the Lord.
10.Becauſe thou haſt ſaid, Theſe two nacions and theſe two countreis ſhalbe mine, and we wil poſſeſſe them (ſeing the Lord was there)
11.Therefore as I liue, ſaith the Lord God, I wil euen do according to thy wrath, & according to thine indignatiõ which thou haſt vſed in thine hatred againſt them: & I wil make my ſelf knowen among them when I haue iudged thee.
12.And thou ſhalt knowe, that I the Lord haue heard all thy blaſphemies which thou haſt ſpoken againſt the mountaines of Iſraél, ſaying, Thei lye waſte, thei are giuen vs to be deuoured.
13.Thus with your mouthes ye haue boaſted againſt me, and haue multiplied your wordes againſt me: I haue heard them.
14.Thus ſaith the Lord God, So ſhal all the worlde reioyce when I ſhal make thee deſolate.
15.As thou dideſt reioyce at the inheritance of the houſe of Iſraél, becauſe it was deſolate, ſo wil I do vnto thee: thou ſhalt be deſolate, ô mount Seir, & all Idumea wholly, and thei ſhal knowe, that I am the Lord.

Notes

2:a.
Where the Idumeans dwelt.
5:b.
When by their puniſhment I called them frõ their iniquitie
6:c.
Except thou repent thy former crueltie.
9:d.
To wit, to their former eſtate
10:e.
Meaning, Iſraél & Iudáh.
10:f.
And ſo by fighting againſt Gods people, thei ſhulde go about to put him out of his owne poſſeſſion
11:g.
As thou haſt done cruelly, ſo ſhalt thou be cruelly handled
11:h.
Shewing, yt when God puniſheth the enemies, the godlie oght to conſider that he hathe a care ouer them and ſo praiſe his Name: and alſo that the wicked rage as thogh there were no God, til thei fele his hand to their deſtruction.