Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Obadiah 1:12, Obadiah 1:15).
The distinction between Israel and the heathen (as Edom) is: Israel has a covenant relation to God ensuring restoration after chastisement, so that the heathen's hope of getting possession of the elect people's inheritance must fail, and they themselves be made desolate (Ezekiel 36:1-15). The reason for the chastisement of Israel was Israel's sin and profanation of God's name (Ezekiel 36:16-21). God has good in store for Israel, for His own name's sake, to revive His people; first, by a spiritual renewal of their hearts, and, next, by an external restoration to prosperity (Ezekiel 36:22-33). The result is that the heathen shall be impressed with the power and goodness of God manifested so palpably towards the restored people (Ezekiel 36:34-38).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 34:5
Ezekiel 35:2
Ezekiel 35:14
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