Edom stretched along the south of Judah from the border of Moab on the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and the Arabian deserts, and held the same rel…

Behold, they whose judgment ... — The imagery is taken from Jeremiah 25:15. Even those who, it might have seemed, were ex…

He confirms the last verse, as I think—that God’s vengeance awaited the whole seed of Esau, because it would be unreasonable to deal more severely …

For thus says the Lord
This that follows shows that what goes before is not said by way of promise and comfort, but …

The Edomites were old enemies to the Israel of God. But their day is now at hand; it is foretold, not only to warn them, but for the sake of the Is…