Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
against thy brother--This aggravates the sin of Esau, that it was against him who was his brother by birth and by circumcision. The posterity of Esau followed in the steps of their father's hatred to Jacob by violence against Jacob's seed (Genesis 27:41).
Jacob--not merely his own brother, but his twin brother; hence the name Jacob, not Israel, is here put emphatically. Compare Deuteronomy 23:7 for the opposite feeling which Jacob's seed was commanded to entertain towards Edom's.
shame . . . cover thee-- (Psalms 35:26; Psalms 69:7).
for ever-- (Isaiah 34:10; Ezekiel 35:9; Malachi 1:4). Idumea, as a nation, should be "cut off for ever," though the land should be again inhabited.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Genesis 36:1
Isaiah 21:12
Isaiah 34:5
Ezekiel 25:12
Ezekiel 35:5
Joel 3:19
Amos 1:11
Amos 1:11
Obadiah 1:9
Obadiah 1:15
Zechariah 1:15
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