逐节对照
- Amplified Bible - The Lord said to her, “[The founders of] two nations are in your womb; And the separation of two nations has begun in your body; The one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger.”
- 新标点和合本 - 耶和华对她说: “两国在你腹内; 两族要从你身上出来。 这族必强于那族; 将来大的要服侍小的。”
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 耶和华对她说: 两国在你腹中; 两族要从你身上分立。 这族必强于那族; 将来大的要服侍小的。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 耶和华对她说: 两国在你腹中; 两族要从你身上分立。 这族必强于那族; 将来大的要服侍小的。
- 当代译本 - 耶和华对她说: “你腹中有两个国家, 两族从你里面分出, 一族要比另一族强大, 将来大的要服侍小的。”
- 圣经新译本 - 耶和华回答她: “两国在你肚里, 两族从你腹中要分出来; 将来这族必强过那族, 大的要服事小的。”
- 中文标准译本 - 耶和华对她说: “两国在你的腹中, 两族将从你里面分出来; 一族要比另一族强, 将来大的要服事小的。”
- 现代标点和合本 - 耶和华对她说: “两国在你腹内, 两族要从你身上出来, 这族必强于那族, 将来大的要服侍小的。”
- 和合本(拼音版) - 耶和华对她说: “两国在你腹内, 两族要从你身上出来, 这族必强于那族, 将来大的要服侍小的。”
- New International Version - The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
- New International Reader's Version - The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your body. Two tribes that are now inside you will be separated. One nation will be stronger than the other. The older son will serve the younger one.”
- English Standard Version - And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.”
- New Living Translation - And the Lord told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.”
- Christian Standard Bible - And the Lord said to her: Two nations are in your womb; two peoples will come from you and be separated. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.
- New American Standard Bible - And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people will be stronger than the other; And the older will serve the younger.”
- New King James Version - And the Lord said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.”
- American Standard Version - And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels: And the one people shall be stronger than the other people; And the elder shall serve the younger.
- King James Version - And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
- New English Translation - and the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
- World English Bible - Yahweh said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger.”
- 新標點和合本 - 耶和華對她說: 兩國在你腹內; 兩族要從你身上出來。 這族必強於那族; 將來大的要服事小的。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 耶和華對她說: 兩國在你腹中; 兩族要從你身上分立。 這族必強於那族; 將來大的要服侍小的。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 耶和華對她說: 兩國在你腹中; 兩族要從你身上分立。 這族必強於那族; 將來大的要服侍小的。
- 當代譯本 - 耶和華對她說: 「你腹中有兩個國家, 兩族從你裡面分出, 一族要比另一族強大, 將來大的要服侍小的。」
- 聖經新譯本 - 耶和華回答她: “兩國在你肚裡, 兩族從你腹中要分出來; 將來這族必強過那族, 大的要服事小的。”
- 呂振中譯本 - 永恆主對她說: 『兩國在你腹內, 從你肚腹中就有兩族分立着, 這族必強過那族, 大的必服事小的。』
- 中文標準譯本 - 耶和華對她說: 「兩國在你的腹中, 兩族將從你裡面分出來; 一族要比另一族強, 將來大的要服事小的。」
- 現代標點和合本 - 耶和華對她說: 「兩國在你腹內, 兩族要從你身上出來, 這族必強於那族, 將來大的要服侍小的。」
- 文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、爾胎所懷、乃為二國、自腹而出、分為二民、此強於彼、長事其幼、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、胎所懷者、有二民焉、其後所出、成為二國、此必強於彼、長將事其幼。○
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、二國在爾胎中、二族出自爾腹、此族強於彼族、長者將事幼者、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - y él le contestó: «Dos naciones hay en tu seno; dos pueblos se dividen desde tus entrañas. Uno será más fuerte que el otro, y el mayor servirá al menor».
- 현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 그녀에게 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “두 국민이 네 뱃속에 있구나. 두 민족이 네 태중에서 나누어질 것이니 한 민족이 다른 민족보다 강할 것이며 형이 동생을 섬기리라.”
- Новый Русский Перевод - Господь сказал ей: – Два племени в чреве твоем, два народа произойдут из тебя и разделятся; один будет сильнее другого, и старший будет служить младшему.
- Восточный перевод - И сказал ей Вечный: – Два племени в чреве твоём, два народа произойдут из тебя и разделятся; один будет сильнее другого, и старший будет служить младшему.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И сказал ей Вечный: – Два племени в чреве твоём, два народа произойдут из тебя и разделятся; один будет сильнее другого, и старший будет служить младшему.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И сказал ей Вечный: – Два племени в чреве твоём, два народа произойдут из тебя и разделятся; один будет сильнее другого, и старший будет служить младшему.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - qui lui répondit : Ils sont deux peuples dans ton ventre, deux peuples différents naîtront de toi. L’un des deux sera plus puissant que l’autre, et l’aîné sera assujetti au cadet .
- リビングバイブル - 神は答えられました。「あなたのお腹にいる二人の子は、二つの国へと分かれ、互いにライバルとなる。一方がより強くなり、兄は弟に仕えるようになる。」
- Nova Versão Internacional - Disse-lhe o Senhor: “Duas nações estão em seu ventre; já desde as suas entranhas dois povos se separarão; um deles será mais forte que o outro, mas o mais velho servirá ao mais novo”.
- Hoffnung für alle - und er antwortete ihr: »Von den zwei Söhnen in deinem Leib werden einmal zwei verfeindete Völker abstammen. Eins wird mächtiger sein als das andere, der Ältere wird dem Jüngeren dienen.«
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Hằng Hữu đáp: “Hai con trai trong lòng ngươi sẽ trở thành hai nước chống đối nhau. Nước này mạnh hơn nước kia; đứa lớn sẽ phục dịch đứa nhỏ.”
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสกับนางว่า “สองชนชาติอยู่ในครรภ์ของเจ้า สองชนชาติที่เกิดจากตัวเจ้าจะแยกออกจากกัน ชนชาติหนึ่งจะแข็งแกร่งกว่าอีกชนชาติหนึ่ง และพี่จะรับใช้น้อง”
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และพระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวตอบนางว่า “สองประชาชาติอยู่ในครรภ์ของเจ้า และสองชนชาติซึ่งเกิดจากเจ้าจะถูกแยกกัน ชนพวกหนึ่งจะมีกำลังมากกว่าอีกพวกหนึ่ง คนพี่จะรับใช้คนน้อง”
交叉引用
- Amos 1:11 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Edom [the descendants of Esau] and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword, Corrupting and stifling his compassions and casting off all mercy; His destructive anger raged continually, And he maintained [and nurtured] his wrath forever.
- Amos 1:12 - So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon Teman, And it shall consume the citadels of Bozrah [in Edom].”
- 1 Kings 22:47 - Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy (governor) was [serving as] king.
- Ezekiel 35:1 - Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 35:2 - “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir (Edom), and prophesy against it
- Ezekiel 35:3 - and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, Mount Seir, I am against you, And I will stretch out My hand against you And make you completely desolate.
- Ezekiel 35:4 - I will destroy your cities And you will become a wasteland. Then you shall know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 35:5 - Because you [descendants of Esau] have had an everlasting hatred [for Jacob (Israel)] and you handed over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their tragedy, at the time of their final punishment [the Babylonian conquest],
- Ezekiel 35:6 - therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will hand you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you since you have not hated bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.
- Ezekiel 35:7 - I will make Mount Seir (Edom) a ruin and a desolate wasteland and I will cut off from it the one who passes through it and the one who returns.
- Ezekiel 35:8 - I will fill its mountains with its slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
- Ezekiel 35:9 - I will make you an everlasting desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 35:10 - “Because you [descendants of Esau] have said, ‘These two nations [Israel and Judah] and these two lands shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,’ although the Lord was there,
- Ezekiel 35:11 - therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will deal with you in accordance with the anger and envy you showed because of your hatred for them; and I will make Myself known among them [as Judge] when I judge and punish you.
- Ezekiel 35:12 - Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all your scornful speeches which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They have been made a wasteland; they have been given to us as food.’
- Ezekiel 35:13 - So you have boasted and spoken arrogantly against Me, and have multiplied your words against Me; I have heard it.”
- Ezekiel 35:14 - Thus says the Lord God, “While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you a wasteland.
- Ezekiel 35:15 - As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you; you will be a desolate waste, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.” ’
- Jeremiah 49:7 - Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has good counsel vanished from the intelligent and prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Jeremiah 49:8 - Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths [of the desert to escape the judgment of Edom], O inhabitants of Dedan, For I will bring the destruction of Esau (Edom) upon him When I inspect and punish him.
- Jeremiah 49:9 - If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave some ungleaned grapes [on the vines]? If thieves came by night, Would they not destroy [only] what is enough [for them]?
- Jeremiah 49:10 - But I have stripped Esau (Edom) bare; I have uncovered his hiding places And he cannot hide himself. His descendants have been destroyed along with his brothers (relatives) and his neighbors; And he is no more.
- Jeremiah 49:11 - Leave your orphans behind; I will [do what is needed to] keep them alive. And let [those who are] your widows trust and confide in Me.”
- Jeremiah 49:12 - For thus says the Lord, “Behold, those (Israel) who were not sentenced to drink the cup [of wrath] shall certainly drink it, and are you to remain unpunished? You will not be acquitted and go unpunished, but you will certainly drink [from the cup of wrath and judgment].
- Jeremiah 49:13 - For I have sworn [an oath] by Myself,” says the Lord, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin, and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.”
- Jeremiah 49:14 - I have heard a report from the Lord, And a messenger has been sent to the nations, saying, “Gather together and come against her, And rise up for the battle.”
- Jeremiah 49:15 - “For behold, [Edom] I have made you small among the nations And despised among men.
- Jeremiah 49:16 - As for Your terror, The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock (Sela also called Petra), Who hold and occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 49:17 - “Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who goes by it will be astonished and shall hiss [scornfully] at all its plagues and disasters.
- Jeremiah 49:18 - As [it was] in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with their neighboring cities,” says the Lord, “no man will live there, nor will a son of man dwell in it.
- Jeremiah 49:19 - See, one will come like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan against the enduring habitation [of Edom] and its watered pastures; for in an instant I will make him (Edom) run from his land. I will appoint over him the one whom I choose. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me [into court] and prosecute Me [for this]? Who is the [earthly] shepherd who can stand [defiantly] before Me?”
- Jeremiah 49:20 - Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has devised against Edom, and [hear] what He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will be dragged away, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their dwelling place desolate because of them.
- Jeremiah 49:21 - The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The sound of its noise has been heard at the Red Sea.
- Jeremiah 49:22 - Behold, He will mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread His wings against [the city of] Bozrah; and in that day the heart of the mighty warriors of Edom will be like the heart of a woman in childbirth.
- Obadiah 1:1 - The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom— We have heard a report from the Lord, And an ambassador has been sent among the nations, saying, “ Arise, and let us rise up against Edom for battle [with the Lord as commander]!”
- Obadiah 1:2 - “Behold [Edom], I shall [humiliate you and] make you small among the nations; You are greatly despised.
- Obadiah 1:3 - The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you, You who live in the clefts and lofty security of the rock (Sela), Whose dwelling place is high, Who say [boastfully] in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
- Obadiah 1:4 - Though you build [your nest] on high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
- Obadiah 1:5 - “If thieves came to you, If robbers by night— How you will be ruined!— Would they not steal only until they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave some grapes for gleaning?
- Obadiah 1:6 - How Esau (Edom) shall be ransacked [by men who come to ravage with divine approval]! How his hidden treasures shall be searched out!
- Obadiah 1:7 - All the men allied with you Shall send you on your way to the border; The men who were at peace with you Shall deceive you and overpower you; Those who eat your bread [those you trust] Shall set a hostile ambush for you. (There is no understanding of it.)
- Obadiah 1:8 - Will I not on that day,” says the Lord, “Destroy the wise men from Edom [removing all wisdom] And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
- Obadiah 1:9 - And your mighty men shall be dismayed and demoralized, O Teman, So that everyone from the mountain of Esau may be cut off in the slaughter.
- Obadiah 1:10 - “Because of the violence you did against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you [completely], And you shall be cut off forever.
- Obadiah 1:11 - On the day that [Jerusalem was destroyed] you stood aloof [from your brother Jacob]— On the day that strangers took his forces captive and carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem [dividing the city for plunder]— You too were like one of them [collaborating with the enemy].
- Obadiah 1:12 - Do not gaze and gloat [in triumph] over your brother’s day, The day when his misfortune came. Do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Do not speak arrogantly [jeering and maliciously mocking] In the day of their distress.
- Obadiah 1:13 - Do not enter the gate of My people In the day of their disaster; Yes, you, do not look [with delight] on their misery In the day of their ruin, And do not loot treasures In the day of their ruin.
- Obadiah 1:14 - Do not stand at the crossroad To cut down those [of Judah] who escaped; And do not hand over [to the enemy] those [of Judah] who survive In the day of their distress.
- Obadiah 1:15 - “For the [judgment] day of the Lord draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you [in retribution]; Your [evil] dealings will return on your own head.
- Obadiah 1:16 - Because just as you [Edom] drank on My holy mountain [desecrating it in the revelry of the destroyers], So shall all the nations drink continually [one by one, of My wrath]; Yes, they shall drink and swallow [the full measure of punishment] And become as though they had never existed.
- Isaiah 34:1 - Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples! Let the earth and all that is in it hear, and the world and all that comes forth from it.
- Isaiah 34:2 - For the Lord is angry at all the nations, And His wrath is against all their armies; He has utterly doomed them, He has given them over to slaughter.
- Isaiah 34:3 - So their slain will be thrown out, And the stench of their corpses will rise, And the mountains will flow with their blood.
- Isaiah 34:4 - All the host of heaven will be dissolved, And the skies will be rolled up like a scroll; All their hosts [the stars and the planets] will also wither away As a leaf withers from the vine, And as a fig withers from the fig tree.
- Isaiah 34:5 - For My sword is satiated [with blood] in heaven; Indeed, it will come down for judgment on Edom And on the people whom I have doomed for destruction.
- Isaiah 34:6 - The sword of the Lord is filled with blood [from sacrifices], It drips with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah (Edom’s capital city) And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Isaiah 34:7 - Wild oxen will also fall with them And the young bulls with the strong bulls; And their land will be soaked with blood, And their dust made greasy with fat.
- Isaiah 34:8 - For the Lord has a day of vengeance, A year of retribution for the cause of Zion.
- Isaiah 34:9 - The streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch.
- Isaiah 34:10 - The burning will not be quenched night or day; Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation it will lie in ruins; No one will ever again pass through it.
- Isaiah 34:11 - But the pelican and the porcupine will take possession of it; The owl and the raven will dwell in it. And He will stretch over it (Edom) the measuring line of desolation And the plumb line of emptiness.
- Isaiah 34:12 - Its nobles—there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its princes will be nothing.
- Isaiah 34:13 - Thorns will come up in its fortified palaces, Nettles and brambles in its fortified cities; It will be a haunt for jackals, An abode for ostriches.
- Isaiah 34:14 - The creatures of the desert will encounter jackals And the hairy goat will call to its kind; Indeed, Lilith (night demon) will settle there And find herself a place of rest.
- Isaiah 34:15 - There the arrow snake will make her nest and lay her eggs, And hatch them and gather her young under her protection; Indeed, the birds of prey will be gathered there [to breed], Every one with its own kind.
- Isaiah 34:16 - Seek from the book of the Lord, and read: Not one of these [creatures] will be missing; None will lack its mate. For His mouth has commanded, And His Spirit has gathered them.
- Isaiah 34:17 - The Lord has cast the lot for them, And His hand has divided and apportioned Edom to the wild beasts by measuring-line. They will possess it forever; From generation to generation they will dwell in it.
- Genesis 32:6 - The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.”
- Genesis 33:3 - Then Jacob crossed over [the stream] ahead of them and bowed himself to the ground seven times [bowing and moving forward each time], until he approached his brother.
- Genesis 17:4 - “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And [as a result] you shall be the father of many nations.
- Genesis 36:31 - And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
- Psalms 60:8 - Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe [in triumph]; Over Philistia I raise the shout [of victory].”
- Psalms 60:9 - Who will bring me into the besieged city [of Petra]? Who will lead me to Edom?
- Psalms 83:5 - For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant—
- Psalms 83:6 - The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Of Moab and the Hagrites,
- Psalms 83:7 - Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
- Psalms 83:8 - Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm [of strength] to them. Selah.
- Psalms 83:9 - Deal with them as [You did] with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon,
- Psalms 83:10 - Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became like dung for the earth.
- Psalms 83:11 - Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
- Psalms 83:12 - Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God.”
- Psalms 83:13 - O my God, make them like whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].
- Psalms 83:14 - Like fire consumes the forest, And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,
- Psalms 83:15 - So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.
- Genesis 25:27 - When the boys grew up, Esau was an able and skilled hunter, a man of the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet and peaceful man, living in tents.
- 1 Chronicles 18:13 - He put military outposts in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the Lord helped David wherever he went.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11 - Now Amaziah took courage and led his people out to the Valley of Salt, and he struck down 10,000 of the men of Seir (Edom).
- 2 Chronicles 25:12 - The sons of Judah also captured 10,000 alive and brought them to the top of the cliff. They threw them down from the top of the cliff and they were all crushed to pieces.
- Isaiah 63:1 - Who is this who comes from Edom, With crimson-stained garments from Bozrah [in Edom], This One (the Messiah) who is majestic in His apparel, Marching in the greatness of His might? “It is I, [the One] who speaks in righteousness [proclaiming vindication], mighty to save.”
- Isaiah 63:2 - Why is Your apparel red, And Your garments like the one who treads in the wine press?
- Isaiah 63:3 - “I have trodden the wine trough alone, And of the peoples there was no one with Me. I also trod them in My anger And trampled them in My wrath; And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments, And I stained all My clothes.
- Isaiah 63:4 - For the day of vengeance [against ungodliness] was in My heart, And My year of redemption [of those who put their trust in Me—the year of My redeemed] has come.
- Isaiah 63:5 - I looked, but there was no one to help, And I was amazed and appalled that there was no one to uphold [truth and right]. So My own arm brought salvation to Me, And My wrath sustained Me.
- Isaiah 63:6 - I trampled the peoples in My anger And made them drunk with [the cup of] My wrath, And I spilled their lifeblood on the earth.”
- Numbers 20:14 - Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel, ‘You know all the hardship that has come upon us [as a nation];
- Genesis 24:60 - They blessed Rebekah and said to her, “May you, our sister, Become [the mother of] thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess (conquer) The [city] gate of those who hate them.”
- Genesis 17:16 - I will bless her, and indeed I will also give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
- Ezekiel 25:12 - ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and has incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,”
- Ezekiel 25:13 - therefore thus says the Lord God, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and I will cut off and destroy man and beast. I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 25:14 - I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom in accordance with My anger and My wrath, and they will know and experience My vengeance,” says the Lord God.
- Malachi 1:2 - “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How and in what way have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I loved Jacob (Israel);
- Malachi 1:3 - but [in comparison with My love for Jacob] I have hated Esau (Edom), and I have made his mountains a wasteland, and have given his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.”
- Malachi 1:4 - Though [impoverished] Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins.” Thus says the Lord of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the Wicked Territory, the people against whom the Lord is indignant forever.”
- Malachi 1:5 - Your own eyes will see this and you will say, “The Lord is great and shall be magnified beyond the border of Israel!”
- 2 Samuel 8:14 - He put garrisons in Edom; in all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord helped him wherever he went.
- Romans 9:10 - And not only that, but this too: Rebekah conceived twin sons by one man [under the same circumstances], by our father Isaac;
- Romans 9:11 - and though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything either good or bad, so that God’s purpose [His choice, His election] would stand, not because of works [done by either child], but because of [the plan of] Him who calls them,
- Romans 9:12 - it was said to her, “The older (Esau) will serve the younger (Jacob).”
- Romans 9:13 - As it is written and forever remains written, “ Jacob I loved (chose, protected, blessed), but Esau I hated (held in disregard compared to Jacob).”
- Genesis 27:40 - But you shall live by your sword, And serve your brother; However it shall come to pass when you break loose [from your anger and hatred], That you will tear his yoke off your neck [and you will be free of him].”
- Genesis 27:29 - May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be lord and master over your brothers, And may your mother’s sons bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, And may those who bless you be blessed.”