3. hated —not positively, but relatively; that is, did not choose him out to be the object of gratuitous favor, as I did Jacob (compare Luke 14:26 ; Matthew 10:37 ; Genesis 29:30 ; Genesis 29:31 ; Deuteronomy 21:15 ; Deuteronomy 21:16 ). laid his mountains . . . waste —that is, his territory which was generally mountainous. Israel was, it is true, punished by the Chaldeans, but Edom has been utterly destroyed; namely, either by Nebuchadnezzar [ROSENMULLER], or by the neighboring peoples, Egypt, Ammon, and Moab [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 10.9,7; MAURER], ( Jeremiah 49:18 ). dragons —jackals [MOORE] (compare Isaiah 34:13 ). MAURER translates, " Abodes of the wilderness," from an Arabic root " to stop, " or "to abide." English Version is better. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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