Shall I not in that day even destroy the wise out of Edom? - It was then no common, no recoverable, loss of wisdom, because God, th…

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

Here the Prophet expresses the way God would punish the Idumeans: trusting in their alliances, they despised God, as we have already observed. The …

Shall I not in that day, says the Lord, even destroy the wise
[men] out of Edom
When …

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…