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Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

“Thus says the Lord God: Because (A)Moab and (B)Seir[a] said, ‘Behold, the (C)house of Judah is like all the other nations’,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 25:8 Septuagint lacks and Seir

A Prophecy Against Moab

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because Moab(A) and Seir(B) said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,”

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Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

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29 (A)“Edom is (B)there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.

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29 “Edom(A) is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.(B)

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29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

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(A)“Son of man, (B)set your face (C)against (D)Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

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“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir;(A) prophesy against it

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Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

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Because (A)you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword (B)at the time of their calamity, (C)at the time of their final punishment,

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“‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword(A) at the time of their calamity,(B) the time their punishment reached its climax,(C)

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Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

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17 For the Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried away captives.

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17 The Edomites(A) had again come and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners,(B)

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17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

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Remember, O Lord, against the (A)Edomites
    (B)the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, (C)“Lay it bare, lay it bare,
    down to its foundations!”

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Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(A) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(B)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(C)

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Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

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11 The (A)oracle concerning (B)Dumah.

One is calling to me from (C)Seir,
    “Watchman, what time of the night?
    Watchman, what time of the night?”

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A Prophecy Against Edom

11 A prophecy against Dumah[a]:(A)

Someone calls to me from Seir,(B)
    “Watchman, what is left of the night?
    Watchman, what is left of the night?”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:11 Dumah, a wordplay on Edom, means silence or stillness.

11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

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For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    behold, it descends for judgement upon (A)Edom,
    upon the people (B)I have devoted to destruction.

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My sword(A) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,(B)
    the people I have totally destroyed.(C)

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For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

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11 Thus says the Lord:

(A)“For three transgressions of (B)Edom,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
(C)because he pursued his brother with the sword
    (D)and cast off all pity,
(E)and his anger tore perpetually,
    (F)and he kept his wrath for ever.
12 So I will send a fire upon (G)Teman,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of (H)Bozrah.”

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11 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Edom,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword(B)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,(C)
12 I will send fire on Teman(D)
    that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.(E)

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11 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

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