EDOM SHALL BE A POSSESSION
NUMBERS 24: 16-25
HE HATH SAID,
WHICH HEARD
THE WORDS OF GOD,
AND KNEW
THE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE MOST HIGH,
WHICH SAW
THE VISION OF THE ALMIGHTY,
FALLING INTO A TRANCE,
BUT HAVING HIS EYES OPEN:
I SHALL SEE HIM,
BUT NOT NOW:
I SHALL BEHOLD HIM,
BUT NOT NIGH:
THERE SHALL COME
A STAR OUT OF JACOB,
AND A SCEPTRE SHALL
RISE OUT OF ISRAEL,
AND SHALL
SMITE THE CORNERS OF MOAB,
AND
DESTROY ALL
THE CHILDREN OF SHETH.
AND EDOM SHALL
BE A POSSESSION,
SEIR ALSO SHALL BE
A POSSESSION FOR HIS ENEMIES;
AND
ISRAEL SHALL DO VALIANTLY.
OUT OF JACOB SHALL COME HE
THAT
SHALL HAVE DOMINION,
AND
SHALL DESTROY HIM
THAT REMAINETH OF THE CITY.
AND WHEN HE
LOOKED ON AMALEK,
HE TOOK UP HIS PARABLE,
AND SAID,
AMALEK WAS
THE FIRST OF THE NATIONS;
BUT HIS
LATTER END SHALL
BE THAT HE PERISH FOR EVER.
AND HE LOOKED ON
THE KENITES,
AND TOOK UP HIS PARABLE,
AND SAID,
STRONG IS THY DWELLINGPLACE,
AND THOU PUTTEST
THY NEST IN A ROCK.
NEVERTHELESS
THE KENITE SHALL
BE WASTED,
UNTIL ASSHUR SHALL CARRY
THEE AWAY CAPTIVE.
AND HE TOOK UP HIS PARABLE,
AND SAID, ALAS, WHO SHALL
LIVE WHEN GOD DOETH THIS!
AND SHIPS SHALL COME FROM
THE COAST OF CHITTIM,
AND
SHALL AFFLICT ASSHUR,
AND
SHALL AFFLICT EBER,
AND HE ALSO SHALL
PERISH FOR EVER.
AND BALAAM ROSE UP,
AND
WENT AND RETURNED
TO HIS PLACE:
AND BALAK ALSO
WENT HIS WAY.
LOVE

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