7Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. …
I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. …
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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