Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
perpetual hatred-- (Psalms 137:7; Amos 1:11; Obadiah 1:10-16). Edom perpetuated the hereditary hatred derived from Esau against Jacob.
shed the blood of, etc.--The literal translation is better. "Thou hast poured out the children of Israel"; namely, like water. So Psalms 22:14; Psalms 63:10, Margin; Jeremiah 18:21. Compare 2 Samuel 14:14.
by the force of the sword--literally, "by" or "upon the hands of the sword"; the sword being personified as a devourer whose "hands" were the instruments of destruction.
in the time that their iniquity had an end--that is, had its consummation (Ezekiel 21:25, Ezekiel 21:29). Edom consummated his guilt when he exulted over Jerusalem's downfall, and helped the foe to destroy it (Psalms 137:7; Obadiah 1:11).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 5:20
Isaiah 34:5
Jeremiah 18:21
Ezekiel 21:25
Ezekiel 35:2
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