For the day of the Lord is near upon all the pagan – The prophet once more enforces his warning by preaching judgment to come. “The…

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

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

By saying that the day of Jehovah was nigh upon all nations, the Prophet may be regarded as reasoning from the greater to the less: "If Go…

For the day of the Lord [is] near upon all the Heathen
That is, the time was at hand, fixed and determined by the Lo…

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…