Esau’s descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.” But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies replies, “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,’ and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the Lord Is Forever Angry.’
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Whereas Edom says -
We are impoverished - ידשׁשׁ, or, more probably, “we were crushed.” Either interpretation provide…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Whereas ... says. —Better, If Edom says.
We are impoverished. —Better, we are broken to piece…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
I am compelled by the context to read all these verses, for the sense cannot be otherwise completed. God expostulates here with a perverse and ungr…
John Gill
JohnGill
Whereas Edom says, We are impoverished
Or the Idumeans, as the Targum; the posterity of Esau, who acknowledge themse…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
All advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one differ from another. All…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes