And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was three score years old when she bore them.
Hosea 12:3 - King James 2000 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He took his brother by the heel in [their mother's] womb, and in the strength [of his manhood] he contended and had power with God. [Gen. 25:26; 27:36.] American Standard Version (1901) In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God: Common English Bible From the womb he tried to be the oldest of twin brothers; as an adult he struggled with God. Catholic Public Domain Version In the womb, he supplanted his brother; for in his good fortune, he had been guided by an angel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel. |
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was three score years old when she bore them.
Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
Therefore I will yet plead with you, says the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
Now has the end come upon you, and I will send my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will recompense upon you all your abominations.
Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon you, and accomplish my anger upon you: and I will judge you according to your ways, and will recompense you for all your abominations.
Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land: Because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them for their deeds.
Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked:
Hear you, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and you strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls;)