Scripture Information Respecting Edom

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ITS NAMES.
 
 
EDOM'S PAST RELATION TO ISRAEL.
Edom
Isa. 63:1
 
Israel refused a passage through Edom
Idumea
Isa. 34:6
 
 
Dumah
Isa. 21:11
 
Saul and David warred against them
Mount Seir
Ezek. 35:2
 
Rebelled against the authority of Solomon
Mount of Esau
Oba. 21
 
 
 
 
 
Leagued with others against Jehoshaphat
ITS CITIES.
 
 
 
Bozrah
Amos 1:12
 
Threw off the yoke of Joram, King of Judah
Teman
Ezek. 25:13
 
 
Ezion-Geber
1 Kings 9:26
 
Amaziah's destruction of the Edomites
Dedan
Jer. 49:8
 
 
Petra
Isa. 16:1 (see margin)
 
Rebelled against Ahaz
ITS PEOPLE
 
 
Actively helped the Babylonians in
 
 
 
the Jerusalem attack
Were Israel's brethren
Num. 20:14
 
 
Were cruel, proud, mighty, wise
Jer. 49
 
EDOM'S FUTURE.
Were hated of Jehovah
Mal. 1:3
 
Slaughter of the Gentiles on her mountains
Were haters of Israel
Oba. 10
 
 
 
 
 
Her wise and mighty to be utterly destroyed.
WERE GOVERNED
 
 
 
By Dukes or Chiefs, then by Kings
 
 
Judah the instrument of Jehovah's vengeance
then by Deputy
 
 
 
 
 
 
Full destruction of her people
THE COUNTRY.
 
 
The country to belong to Israel
Rocky and mountainous
Jer. 49
 
Judgment and deliverance on the Mount
Exceedingly fertile
Gen. 27:39
 
 
Strongly fortified
Psa. 60:9
 
(See the prophets Obadiah, Isaiah,
Contiguous to Judea
Num. 20
 
and Ezekiel.)