And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,
Ezekiel 35:2 - Revised Standard Version “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,
And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom thou wouldest 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, how they said, “Raze it, raze it! Down to its foundations!”
For the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been confounded; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb;
“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel
“Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.
“Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab said, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,
“Edom is there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the Pit.
therefore thus says the Lord God: I speak in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might possess it and plunder it.
“Son of man, 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 tidings from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!”
and also for me, that utterance may be given me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,
do not contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. And I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.