4I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
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I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. …
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. …
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Mount Seir was mentioned as partner with Moab in one of the threatenings we had before (Ezek. 25:8); but here it is convicted and condemned by itself, and has woes of its own. The prophet must boldly set his face against Edom , and prophesy particularly against it ; for the God of Israel has said, O Mount Seir! I am against thee . Note, Those that have God against them have the word of God against…
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