Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Edom . . . did pursue his brother-- (Isaiah 34:5). The chief aggravation to Edom's violence against Israel was that they both came from the same parents, Isaac and Rebekah (compare Genesis 25:24-26; Deuteronomy 23:7-8; Obadiah 1:10, Obadiah 1:12; Malachi 1:2).
cast off all pity--literally, "destroy compassions," that is, did suppress all the natural feeling of pity for a brother in distress.
his wrath for ever--As Esau kept up his grudge against Jacob, for having twice supplanted him, namely, as to the birthright and the blessing (Genesis 27:41), so Esau's posterity against Israel (Numbers 20:14, Numbers 20:21). Edom first showed his spite in not letting Israel pass through his borders when coming from the wilderness, but threatening to "come out against him with the sword"; next, when the Syrians attacked Jerusalem under Ahaz (compare 2 Chronicles 28:17, with 2 Kings 16:5); next, when Nebuchadnezzar assailed Jerusalem (Psalms 137:7-8). In each case Edom chose the day of Israel's calamity for venting his grudge. This is the point of Edom's guilt dwelt on in Obadiah 1:10-13. God punishes the children, not for the sin of their fathers, but for their own filling up the measure of their fathers' guilt, as children generally follow in the steps of, and even exceed, their fathers' guilt (compare Exodus 20:5).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 34:5
Jeremiah 49:7
Ezekiel 25:12
Ezekiel 35:5
Amos 1:1
Amos 9:12
Obadiah 1:9
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