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…

Like a lion from the swelling of Jordan.— Better, as in Jeremiah 12:5, the pride of Jordan—that is, the thick ju…

The Prophet here confirms what he had said: that such would be the violence of the Chaldean army that the Idumeans would not be able to resist it. …

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan

The Targum rightly interprets it of a king and hi…

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…