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But the king of Edom said, “You shall not pass through [my territory].” And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand.

Verse ConceptsLargenessEarthly ArmiesLarge Armies

Who is this who comes from Edom,
With crimson-stained garments from Bozrah [in Edom],
This One (the Messiah) who is majestic in His apparel,
Marching in the greatness of His might?
“It is I, [the One] who speaks in righteousness [proclaiming vindication], mighty to save.”

Verse ConceptsRobesPower Of Christ, ShownMessianic PropheciesSpirit Of ChristDyeingWho Is This?Righteousness Of Christ


Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?
Has good counsel vanished from the intelligent and prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?

Verse ConceptsSelf ConfidenceWorldly WisdomMan's Wisdom


“Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths [of the desert to escape the judgment of Edom],
O inhabitants of Dedan,
For I will bring the destruction of Esau (Edom) upon him
When I inspect and punish him.

Verse ConceptsCavesCaves As Places Of Refuge

See, one will come like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan against the enduring habitation [of Edom] and its watered pastures; for in an instant I will make him (Edom) run from his land. I will appoint over him the one whom I choose. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me [into court] and prosecute Me [for this]? Who is the [earthly] shepherd who can stand [defiantly] before Me?”

Verse ConceptsChallengesShepherds, As Kings And LeadersInadequate ShepherdingGod Like A LionWho Is Like God?The Region Of JordanLeadership Qualities

then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let us pass through your land,” but the king of Edom would not listen. Also they sent word to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutPassing Through

I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom in accordance with My anger and My wrath, and they will know and experience My vengeance,” says the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With The NationsGod Executes VengeanceRevenge

So the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household (family).

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionHomeTwo To Four MonthsBlessed By God

Now King David was told, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing and gladness.

Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemExcitementBlessed By God

For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury those killed [in battle] and had struck down every male in Edom

Verse ConceptsThe DeadExterminationDeath Of All Males

The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom—

We have heard a report from the Lord,
And an ambassador has been sent among the nations, saying,
Arise, and let us rise up against Edom for battle [with the Lord as commander]!”

Verse ConceptsProphetic VisionsAmbassadors, Figurative UseGood NewsReady For WarBattlerumors

So the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months; and the Lord blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that he had.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionHomeTwo To Four MonthsFamily First

and Obed-edom with his sixty-eight relatives; also Obed-edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristSixties

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Dumah (Edom):

Someone keeps calling to me from Seir (Edom),
“Watchman, what is left of the night [of Assyrian oppression]?
Watchman, what is left of the night? [How long until morning?]”

Verse ConceptsProphecies concerning


The sword of the Lord is filled with blood [from sacrifices],
It drips with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah (Edom’s capital city)
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Verse ConceptsBullsCovered With BloodFat Of AnimalsGod's Sword

and Esau said to Jacob, “Please, let me have a quick swallow of that red stuff there, because I am exhausted and famished.” For that reason Esau was [also] called Edom (Red).

Verse ConceptsYielding To TemptationRequesting FoodRed BodiesPeople With Apt Names

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessenger

Now these are the records of the descendants of Esau, (that is, Edom).

So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah.

These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah. These are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

These are the sons of Esau, (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

Magdiel, and Iram. These are the tribal chiefs of Edom (that is, of Esau the father of the Edomites), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom


“Then the [tribal] chiefs of Edom were dismayed and horrified;
The [mighty] leaders of Moab, trembling grips them;
All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away [in despair]—

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel, ‘You know all the hardship that has come upon us [as a nation];

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessengerHard TasksRulers Of EdomHardship

But [the king of] Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through my territory, or I will come out against you with the sword.”

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahHospitality, Examples OfInhospitality

Thus [the king of] Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High Priestborders

Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the [branch of the] Red Sea [called the Gulf of Aqabah], to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient, because [of the challenges] of the journey.

Verse ConceptsImpatienceComing To The Red SeaFalling


“Edom shall be [taken as] a possession,
[Mount] Seir, Israel’s enemies, also will be a possession,
While Israel performs valiantly.

Verse ConceptsPeople Overcoming

Egypt and Judah, and Edom and the sons of Ammon, and Moab and all those who live in the desert who clip off the hair on their temples; for all these nations are uncircumcised (sinful, impure), and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”

Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedLiving In The WildernessCutting HairUncircumcised In Heart

Now the lot (allotment) for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families reached [southward to] the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at its most southern part.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityWilderness Of ZinSouthern Border

The cities of the tribe of the sons of Judah in the extreme south toward the border of Edom were Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,

Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon;

and send word to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the sons of Ammon, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon by the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

Verse ConceptsenvoyVisitingMessengers Sent Out


Lord, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Yes, the clouds dripped water.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseWaterGod Shaking The EarthGod Sending Rain

Likewise, when all the Jews who were in Moab and among the people of Ammon and in Edom and who were in all the [other] countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant [of the people] in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan over them [as governor],

Verse ConceptsSurvivors Of Israel


“But I have stripped Esau (Edom) bare;
I have uncovered his hiding places
And he cannot hide himself.
His descendants have been destroyed along with his brothers (relatives) and his neighbors;
And he is no more.

Verse ConceptsGod Stripping Peoplehiding

For I have sworn [an oath] by Myself,” says the Lord, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin, and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins.”

Verse ConceptsMade A Horror


“For behold, [Edom] I have made you small among the nations
And despised among men.

Verse ConceptsInferioritySmallnessSmall Things

“Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who goes by it will be astonished and shall hiss [scornfully] at all its plagues and disasters.

Verse ConceptsRidicule, Nature OfScoffingDisdainHissingMade A Horror

Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has devised against Edom, and [hear] what He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will be dragged away, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their dwelling place desolate because of them.

Verse ConceptsPlansGod's Plans

Behold, He will mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread His wings against [the city of] Bozrah; and in that day the heart of the mighty warriors of Edom will be like the heart of a woman in childbirth.

Verse ConceptsWingsLabour PainsGod's WingsEaglessoaring


“Moab is My washbowl;
Over Edom I shall throw My shoe [in triumph];
Over Philistia I raise the shout [of victory].”

Verse ConceptsSandalsShoesShout Of GodMeans Of Purifyingpot


Who will bring me into the besieged city [of Petra]?
Who will lead me to Edom?

Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingEntering Cities

Then they went through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab, and they camped on the other side of the [river] Arnon; but they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the [northern] boundary of Moab.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesRivers And StreamsArnonRiver ArnonFalling


Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom,
Who lives in the land of Uz.
But the cup [of the wine of God’s wrath] will pass to you as well;
You will become drunk and make yourself naked.

Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathPeople Stripping OffGod Making DrunkRejoicing In Evil


The punishment of your sin has been completed, O Daughter of Zion;
The Lord will no longer send you into exile.
But He will punish your sin, O Daughter of Edom;
He will expose your sins.

Verse ConceptsSin Made Known

When Saul assumed control of the kingdom of Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side: Moab, the sons (descendants) of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesharassment

before your [own] wickedness was uncovered. Now you have become an object of reproach and a byword for the daughters of Aram and of Edom and all who are around her, and for the daughters of the Philistines—those surrounding you who despise you.

Verse ConceptsSin Made Knownsyria


The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Of Moab and the Hagrites,

‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Moab and Seir (Edom) say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the [pagan] nations,’

Verse ConceptsLike The Nations

‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended and has incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,”

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingRevenge

therefore thus says the Lord God, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and I will cut off and destroy man and beast. I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodBoth Men And Animals Killed

Aram traded with you because of the abundance of the goods you made. They paid for your merchandise with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies.

Verse ConceptsCoralembroideryEmeraldsGemsJewelsLinenMineralsPrecious StonesCommercePurple Cloth

“Edom is there also, her kings and all her princes, who for all their power and strength are laid with those who were slain by the sword; they will lie [in shame and defeat] with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitDying With The Uncircumcised

“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir (Edom), and prophesy against it

I will fill its mountains with its slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesKilled With The SwordGod KillingGod Will Kill The Peoples

“Because you [descendants of Esau] have said, ‘These two nations [Israel and Judah] and these two lands shall be mine, and we will take possession of them,’ although the Lord was there,

Verse ConceptsTwo GroupsPeople Possessing Other Things

As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you; you will be a desolate waste, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”’

Verse ConceptsGod Makes Evil ReboundRejoicing In Evil

therefore thus says the Lord God, “Most certainly in the fire of My jealousy (love for that which is Mine) I have spoken against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with uttermost contempt, so that they might empty it out [and possess it] as prey.”

Verse ConceptsMotives, Examples OfNationalismConquestFire Of God's AngerRejoicing In EvilTaking Possession

He put garrisons in Edom; in all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord helped him wherever he went.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsGarrisonsThose Subjected To PeopleEarthly Armiespreservation

David was unwilling to move the ark of the Lord into the City of David with him; instead he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In JerusalemPeople Unwilling


“Moab is My washbowl;
Over Edom I will throw My shoe [to show Edom is Mine];
Over Philistia I will shout [in triumph].”

Verse ConceptsShoesDisgustMeans Of Purifying


Who will bring me into the fortified city [of Petra]?
Who will lead me to Edom?

Verse ConceptsEntering Cities

He shall also enter the Beautiful and Glorious Land (Israel), and many countries will fall, but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the foremost [core] of the people of Ammon.

King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds), in the land of Edom.

Verse ConceptsThe NavyAccumulatingOther References To The Red Sea

Then the Lord stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of royal descent in Edom.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationenemies, of Israel and JudahThe Kingdom Of Others

(for Joab and all [the army of] Israel stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom),

Verse ConceptsFive Months And MoreExterminationDeath Of All Males


Egypt will become a waste,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of their violence against the children of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

Verse ConceptsInnocent BloodThe Prophecy Towards EdomSheddingDestruction Of CountriesViolence In The EarthKilling The Innocent


Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Gaza [in Philistia] and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because [as slave traders] they took captive the entire [Jewish] population [of defenseless Judean border villages, of which none was spared]
And deported them to Edom [for the slave trade].

Verse ConceptsMorality, And CreationPersecution, Nature OfThree Or FourHanding Over PeoplePeople Exiled


Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Tyre and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because they [as middlemen] deported an entire [Jewish] population to Edom
And did not [seriously] remember their covenant of brotherhood.

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Judgments OfCovenant RelationshipsHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourHanding Over PeopleForgetting Things


Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Edom [the descendants of Esau] and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword,
Corrupting and stifling his compassions and casting off all mercy;
His destructive anger raged continually,
And he maintained [and nurtured] his wrath forever.

Verse ConceptsTemperUnkindnessAbominations, Judgments OfPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourEternal JudgementPeople Without Mercyrelentless


“So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon Teman,
And it shall consume the citadels of Bozrah [in Edom].”

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of StrongholdsFire Of Judgement

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Moab and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom [Esau’s descendant] into lime [and used it to plaster a Moabite house].

Verse ConceptsMineralsPersecution, Nature OfProphets, Role OfAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBonesBurning People


That they may possess the remnant of Edom (ancient enemies)
And all the nations that are called by My name,”
Says the Lord who does this.

Verse ConceptsTaking PossessionThe Gospel To The Nations


“Behold [Edom], I shall [humiliate you and] make you small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.

Verse ConceptsOther Unimportant People


“The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you,
You who live in the clefts and lofty security of the rock (Sela),
Whose dwelling place is high,
Who say [boastfully] in your heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’


“How Esau (Edom) shall be ransacked [by men who come to ravage with divine approval]!
How his hidden treasures shall be searched out!

Verse ConceptsRobbing People


“All the men allied with you
Shall send you on your way to the border;
The men who were at peace with you
Shall deceive you and overpower you;
Those who eat your bread [those you trust]
Shall set a hostile ambush for you.
(There is no understanding of it.)

Verse ConceptsAllegiancesFriends FailingGroups Sent AwayMen Of PeaceFriendship And Trust


“Will I not on that day,” says the Lord,
“Destroy the wise men from Edom [removing all wisdom]
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?


“Because just as you [Edom] drank on My holy mountain [desecrating it in the revelry of the destroyers],
So shall all the nations drink continually [one by one, of My wrath];
Yes, they shall drink and swallow [the full measure of punishment]
And become as though they had never existed.

Verse ConceptsPeople Passing Away

Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy (governor) was [serving as] king.

Verse ConceptsDerisionNo King

Jehoram said, “Which way shall we go up?” Jehoshaphat answered, “The way through the Wilderness of Edom.”

Verse ConceptsDeserts, Specific

So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. They made a circuit of seven days’ journey, but there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them.

Verse ConceptsWaterDry PlacesSeven DaysNo Water For People

Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to Elisha.

Verse ConceptsWord Of Godreinforcement


God [approaching from Sinai] comes from Teman (Edom),
And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah (pause, and calmly think of that).
His splendor and majesty covers the heavens
And the earth is full of His praise.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfEarth, God's GloryGod's Glory RevealedAurasBeing Filled With GodThe Earth Filled With GodPsalm InterjectionsShowing Forth His Praise

It happened in the morning, when the sacrifice was offered, that suddenly water came [miraculously] from the area of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

Verse ConceptsMorning WorshipDivine SuppliesGod Providing Water

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine Hundredvulnerability

Then the king of Moab took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him [publicly] as a burnt offering [to Chemosh] on the [city] wall [horrifying everyone]. And there was great wrath against Israel, and Israel’s allies [Judah and Edom] withdrew from King Jehoram and returned to their own land.

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeWallsIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfSacrificing The FirstbornSacrifice

In his days Edom revolted from the rule of Judah, and set up a king over themselves.

Verse ConceptsTradeRevoltsRulers Of Edom

So Edom revolted against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

Verse ConceptsRelationships To This Day

Amaziah killed 10,000 [men] of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela (rock) by war, and renamed it Joktheel, to this day.

Verse ConceptsSaltValleysTens Of ThousandsGiven Names To This DayNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up [in pride]. Enjoy your glory but stay at home; for why should you plunge into misery so that you, even you, would fall [at my hand], and Judah with you?”

Verse ConceptsArrogance, Characterizes The WickedBusybodiesProud People

At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath [in Edom] for Aram, and drove the Jews away from it. The Arameans came to Elath, and live there to this day.

Verse ConceptsCapturing CitiesWhere People Live To This Day

but [in comparison with My love for Jacob] I have hated Esau (Edom), and I have made his mountains a wasteland, and have given his inheritance to the jackals of the wilderness.”

Though [impoverished] Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins.” Thus says the Lord of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the Wicked Territory, the people against whom the Lord is indignant forever.”

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationCrushingLossArchaeologyEternal JudgementGod Angry With The Nationsbordersclosure