In the day that you stood on the other side – The time when they so stood is not defined in itself as past or future. It is literal…

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…

In the day you stood on the other side
Aloof off, as a spectator of the ruin of Jerusalem, and that with delight and…

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…