But Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

He says, “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

But Jacob said, “Swear an oath to me now.” So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”

Then Jehoshaphat added, “First seek an oracle from the Lord.”

I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’

Then Jehoshaphat added, “First seek an oracle from the Lord.”

Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.

even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

Then the Lord will go to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days.

As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.

You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.

However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples – as is apparent today.

So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today.”

There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.

Look, your fasting is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven.