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Ezekiel 35 (CEV)

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¹ The LORD said: ² Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the people of Edom ³ and say to them: I, the LORD God, am now your enemy! And I will turn your nation into an empty wasteland, ⁴ leaving your towns in ruins. Your land will be a desert, and then you will know that I am the LORD. ⁵ People of Edom, not only have you been Israel's longtime enemy, you simply watched when disaster wiped out its people as punishment for their sins. ⁶ And so, as surely as I am the living LORD God, you are guilty of murder and must be put to death. ⁷ I will destroy your nation and kill anyone who travels through it. ⁸ Dead bodies will cover your mountains and fill up your valleys, ⁹ and your land will lie in ruins forever. No one will live in your towns ever again. You will know that I am the LORD. ¹⁰ You thought the nations of Judah and Israel belonged to you, and that you could take over their territory. But I am their God, ¹¹ and as surely as I live, I will punish you for treating my people with anger and hatred. Then they will know that I, the LORD, am punishing you! ¹² And you will finally realize that I heard you laugh at their destruction and say their land was yours to take. ¹³ You even insulted me, but I heard it all. ¹⁴ Everyone on earth will celebrate when I destroy you, ¹⁵ just as you celebrated when Israel was destroyed. Your nation of Edom will be nothing but a wasteland. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD.