15For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
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Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
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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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