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How are [the things of] Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

How are the things of Esau searched out! — literally, “How are Esau, out searched!” That is, Esau, as a whole and in all its parts …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The completene of the overthrow awaiting Edom. It is no mere inroad of a marauding tribe. Something would escape the robber, though he mig…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He confirms the former sentence—that the Idumeans trusted in vain that their riches would be safe, because they had hidden and deep recesses. Even …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

How are [the things] of Esau searched out ! &c.] Or how are the Esauites, the posterity of Esau, sought out! though they …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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