Esau is Edom.
Edom refused to give Israel passage.
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people
in the day of their calamity.
Edom is the land of Esau, south of Judah. The brothers strove in the womb. Esau sold the birthright. Edom refused Israel passage. In the day of Jerusalem’s calamity Edom stood and rejoiced. The prophets named the judgment. Obadiah is the book. The pride of the mountain shall come down. The brother who would not pity is judged. The promise to Jacob stands.
- The land of Esau.
- Refused passage, and rejoiced at the fall.
- The prophets named the judgment.
The land of Esau.
In the day of their calamity.
Made small.
- Edom is Esau’s land.
- It refused Israel the road.
- It rejoiced when Jerusalem fell.
- Obadiah is the book against it.
- The pride of the mountain comes down.
- The promise to Jacob stands.
- The People – Esau.
- The Place – South of Judah.
- The Refusal – No passage.
- The Day – Of Jerusalem’s calamity.
- The Book – Obadiah.
- The End – Made small.
- Genesis 36:8 – “Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.”
- Numbers 20:21 – “Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border.”
- Obadiah 1:3-4 – “The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee… though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down.”
- Obadiah 1:10-12 – “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee… thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity.”
- Malachi 1:2-3 – “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau.”
- Psalm 137:7 – “Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it.”
- Ezekiel 35:15 – “As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee.”
- Amos 1:11 – “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof.”
- Isaiah 34:5 – “My sword… shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.”
- Romans 9:13 – “Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.”
Esau is Edom.
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity.
Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Edom is the land of Esau. It refused the road and rejoiced at the fall. The prophets named the judgment.
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