For your violence against your brother Jacob – To Israel God had commanded (Deuteronomy 23:7–8, which are verses 8-9 in the Hebr…

10-16.— THE DIVINE SENTENCE JUSTIFIED BY EDOM’S GUILT.

This justification takes the form of a warning against a repetition …

The Prophet here presents the reason why God would deal so severely and dreadfully with the Idumeans. Had he simply prophesied of their destruction…

For [your] violence against your brother Jacob
Which is aggravated: by being against Jacob, an honest plain hearted …

This prophecy is against Edom. Its destruction seems to have been typical, like their father Esau's rejection, and appears to refer to the destruct…