3 Say to it, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “‘I am against you, Mount Seir! I will punish you and make you an empty wasteland.
4 I will destroy your cities, and you will become empty. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
5 “‘Why? Because you have always been against my people. You used your sword against Israel at the time of their trouble, at the time of their final punishment.’”
6 So the Lord GOD says, “But I promise by my own life that I will let death have you. Death will chase you. You did not hate killing people, so death will chase you.
7 I will make Mount Seir an empty ruin. I will kill everyone who enters or leaves that city.
8 I will cover its mountains with those who are killed. There will be dead bodies all over your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
9 I will make you empty forever. No one will live in your cities. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”