9
Now Esau is the end of this age, and Jacob is the beginning of the age that follows.
10
The beginning of a person is the hand, and the end of a person is the heel; seek for nothing else, Ezra, between the heel and the hand, Ezra!"
11
I answered and said, "O sovereign Lord, if I have found favor in your sight,
12
show your servant the last of your signs of which you showed me a part on a previous night."
13
He answered and said to me, "Rise to your feet and you will hear a full, resounding voice.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.