Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,
Ezekiel 35:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Mortal, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Son of man, set your face against the mountain [range of] Seir [in Edom] and prophesy against it, American Standard Version (1901) Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, Common English Bible Human one, face Mount Seir, and prophesy against it. Catholic Public Domain Version "Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and you shall prophesy about it, and you shall say to it: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy concerning it, and say to it: |
Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,
See now, the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt and whom they avoided and did not destroy,
Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem’s fall, how they said, “Tear it down! Tear it down! Down to its foundations!”
The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
Mortal, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb;
Mortal, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel
Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab said, “The house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
Edom is there, its kings and all its 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.
therefore thus says the Lord God: I am speaking in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who, with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, took my land as their possession, because of its pasture, to plunder it.
O mortal, set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them
The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! Let us rise against it for battle!”
Pray also for me, so that when I speak a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
not to engage in battle with them, for I will not give you even so much as a foot’s length of their land, since I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.