Numbers 24:18
The country of Edom will be conquered, his enemy Seir will be conquered, and the Israelites will be victorious.
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19A ruler from Jacob will come and destroy those left in the city.”
Cross References
Genesis 27:29May the people of different nations serve you and bow down to you. May you rule over your relatives, and may they bow down to you. May everyone who curses you be cursed, and may everyone who blesses you be blessed.”
Genesis 32:3He sent messengers on ahead to meet his brother Esau who was living in the region of Seir in the country of Edom.
1 Kings 11:14Then the Lord encouraged Hadad the Edomite of Edom's royal family to oppose Solomon.
Psalms 60:1You, God, have rejected us! You have broken us; you have been angry with us; but now you have to welcome us back!
Isaiah 34:5After my sword has finished what it has to do in the heavens, it will come down on Edom, on the people I have doomed for destruction.
Amos 9:12And they will possess what is left of Edom and all the nations that were once mine, declares the Lord. He will make this happen.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:16-25
Balaam's Prophecy. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 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: 17 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… Read the whole commentary →