A Prophecy of Esau and Jacob

The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, “Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand” Isaiah 14:24. — God claims whatever is in his thought, it would come to pass; and what ever his plan is, it shall be fulfilled;

And God asked Job: ⁴ Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. ⁵ Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? ⁶ “Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the cornerstone thereof, ⁷ when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? ⁸ Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as if it had issued out of the womb; ⁹ when I made the cloud the garment thereof and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, ¹⁰ and broke up for it My decreed place, and set bars and doors, ¹¹ and said, ‘Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed’? ¹² “Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days, and caused the dayspring to know his place, ¹³ that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? ¹⁴ It is turned as clay under the seal; and they stand out as a garment. ¹⁵ And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken. ¹⁶ “Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the search of the depths? ¹⁷ Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? ¹⁸ Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all. Job 38:4-18

“Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is none other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,’” Isaiah 46:9-10 — God claims here, he declares the end from the beginning, and all shall be fulfilled; that is, he has Plan A, and Plan A only;

“Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath spanned the heavens; when I call unto them, they stand up together” Isaiah 48:13 — again, God laid the foundation, both the beginning and the end; that why he is the Almighty, and that’s why he doesn’t need a Plan B;

— that is, if God is working on his Plan B now, for it would mean more than that his Plan A doesn’t work, it follows that he would have declared wrongly the end from the beginning; and that means he is not so almighty. And since he is the Almighty, He thus declares some uncomfortable truths for his false prophets:

“Then the Lord said unto me, ‘The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke unto them. They prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought and the deceit of their heart'” Jeremiah 14:14!

And below are more warnings about false prophets

Deuteronomy 18:20-22 – But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken? When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it presumptuously: you shalt not be afraid of him.

Zechariah 11:5 – Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

Zechariah 11:16 – For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that stands still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

1 Kings 20:11 – And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that puts it off.

Ezekiel 34:3 – You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you feed not the flock.

Isaiah 37:23 – Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom hast you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Amos 8:12 – And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

Isaiah 59:3 – For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness.

Psalm 10:7 – His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalm 31:18 – Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Luke 21:8 – And He said, Take heed that you be not deceived: for many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draws near: go you not therefore after them.

Matthew 24:48 – But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming.

2 Peter 1:20 – Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

2 Peter 2:3 – And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you.

Acts 20:30 – Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

Matthew 7:15 – Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Revelation 3:17 – Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

1 John 4:1 – Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2 Peter 2:1 – But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 – For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

2 Peter 3:16 – As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Ephesians 4:14 – That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.

Matthew 16:4 – A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign.

James 3:11-12 – Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? Either a vine, figs? So can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

2 Corinthians 11:4 – For if he that comes preaching another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.

Matthew 12:31 – Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men.

1 Corinthians 14:8 – For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

James 1:8 – A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

2 Timothy 3:7 – Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Revelation 22:18-19 – For I testify unto every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

~ by Joel on April 30, 2025.

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