12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
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Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: …
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-16)When we have read Edom’s doom, no less than utter ruin, it is natural to ask, Why, what evil has he done ? What is the ground of God’s controversy with him? Many things, no doubt, were amiss in Edom; they were a sinful people, and a people laden with iniquity . But that one single crime which is laid to their charge, as filling their measure and bringing this ruin upon them, that for which they he…
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