This is what the Lord says: “The people of Edom have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords, showing them no mercy. In their rage, they slashed them continually and were unrelenting in their anger.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Edom - God had impressed on Israel its relationship of brotherhood to Edom. Moses expressed it to Edom himself, and, after the suspicious re…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

CURSE ON EDOM.

Edom.—Compare the prophecy of Obadiah and Isaiah 34:5. See also the Dictionary of the Bi…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet now turns to the Idumeans themselves. He had denounced ruin upon the uncircumcised nations who delivered the Jews into their hands, but…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Thus says the Lord for three transgressions of Edom
Or the Edomites, the posterity of Esau, whose name was Edom, so …