Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
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Gill's Exposition
Thus saith the Lord God, when the whole earth rejoiceth,.... When it shall go well with the world in general, and the inhabitants of it; when they shall enjoy great peace and prosperity. Jarchi has a…
Adam Clarke
When the whole earth rejoiceth - When the whole land shall rejoice in the restoration of the Jews, I will make thee desolate. Probably this refers to the time of the Maccabees.
Here is, I. A further account of the sin of the Edomites, and their bad conduct towards the people of God. We find the church complaining of them for setting on the Babylonians, and irritating them…
Cambridge Bible
When the … rejoiceth Probably: to the rejoicing ofthe whole earth will I make thee desolate. This gives the requisite antithesis to Eze 35:35: as Edom rejoiced over the destruction of Judah, the whole…