And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
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Gill's Exposition
And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by fie hand of my people Israel,.... This was fulfilled in the times of the Maccabees, when Judas Maccabins overthrew and conquered them,
"Then Judas fought…
Adam Clarke
I will lay my vengeance upon Edom - God will not allow men to insult those whom he has cast down. His judgment is sufficient; to add more is an insult to God.
By the hand of may people Israel - This…
Three more of Israel's ill-natured neighbours are here arraigned, convicted, and condemned to destruction, for contributing to and triumphing in Jerusalem's fall.
I. The Moabites. Seir, which was the…
Cambridge Bible
the hand of my people Cf. Oba 1:18, "the house of Jacob shall be a fire … and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall burn among them and devour them." Isa 11:14; Zep 2:9.
know my vengeance that…
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