³ Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the territory of Edom.

⁸ So Esau (that is, Edom) lived in the mountains of Seir.^(A)

⁹ These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

Seir’s Family

¹² The Horites^(A) had previously lived in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out, destroying them completely^[a] and settling in their place, just as Israel did in the land of its possession the Lord gave them.

² He said:

² “Son of man, face Mount Seir^(A) and prophesy against it. ³ Say to it, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

⁷ I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.^(A)

¹⁵ Just as you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it became a desolation, I will deal the same way with you: you will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and so will all Edom in its entirety. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’