If Edom says, "We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins," the LORD of hosts says, "They may build, but I will tear down, till they are called the wicked country, the people with whom the LORD is angry for ever."

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Whereas Edom says -

We are impoverished - ידשׁשׁ, or, more probably, “we were crushed.” Either interpretation provide…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Whereas ... says. —Better, If Edom says.

We are impoverished. —Better, we are broken to piece…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Whereas Edom says, We are impoverished
Or the Idumeans, as the Targum; the posterity of Esau, who acknowledge themse…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

All advantages, either as to outward circumstances, or spiritual privileges, come from the free love of God, who makes one differ from another. All…

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