逐节对照
- The Message - God’s Message: “Because of the three great sins of Edom —make that four—I’m not putting up with her any longer. She hunts down her brother to murder him. She has no pity, she has no heart. Her anger rampages day and night. Her meanness never takes a timeout. For that, I’m burning down her capital, Teman, burning up the forts of Bozrah.”
- 新标点和合本 - 耶和华如此说： “以东三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去她的刑罚； 因为她拿刀追赶兄弟，毫无怜悯， 发怒撕裂，永怀忿怒。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 耶和华如此说： “以东三番四次犯罪， 怒气不停发作，永远怀着愤怒， 拿刀追赶兄弟，丝毫不存怜悯， 我必不撤销对它的惩罚。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 耶和华如此说： “以东三番四次犯罪， 怒气不停发作，永远怀着愤怒， 拿刀追赶兄弟，丝毫不存怜悯， 我必不撤销对它的惩罚。
- 当代译本 - 耶和华说： “以东人三番四次地犯罪， 我必不收回对他们的惩罚， 因为他们拔刀追赶自己的弟兄， 没有半点怜悯之心； 他们怒气不息，永怀愤怒。
- 圣经新译本 - “耶和华这样说： ‘以东三番四次犯罪， 我必不收回惩罚他的命令； 因为他拿刀追杀他的兄弟， 没有丝毫怜悯； 他的怒气不断爆发， 他的忿怒永不止息。
- 现代标点和合本 - 耶和华如此说： “以东三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去他的刑罚， 因为他拿刀追赶兄弟，毫无怜悯， 发怒撕裂，永怀愤怒。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 耶和华如此说： “以东三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去他的刑罚； 因为他拿刀追赶兄弟，毫无怜悯， 发怒撕裂，永怀忿怒。
- New International Version - This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not relent. Because he pursued his brother with a sword and slaughtered the women of the land, because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked,
- New International Reader's Version - The Lord says, “The people of Edom have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They chased Israel with swords that were ready to strike them down. They killed the women of the land. They were angry all the time. Their anger was like a fire that blazed out. It could not be stopped.
- English Standard Version - Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever.
- New Living Translation - This is what the Lord says: “The people of Edom have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords, showing them no mercy. In their rage, they slashed them continually and were unrelenting in their anger.
- Christian Standard Bible - The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Edom for three crimes, even four, because he pursued his brother with the sword. He stifled his compassion, his anger tore at him continually, and he harbored his rage incessantly.
- New American Standard Bible - This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword And stifled his compassion; His anger also tore continually, And he maintained his fury forever.
- New King James Version - Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity; His anger tore perpetually, And he kept his wrath forever.
- Amplified Bible - 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.
- American Standard Version - Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.
- King James Version - Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
- New English Translation - This is what the Lord says: “Because Edom has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
- World English Bible - Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;
- 新標點和合本 - 耶和華如此說： 以東三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去她的刑罰； 因為她拿刀追趕兄弟，毫無憐憫， 發怒撕裂，永懷忿怒。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 耶和華如此說： 「以東三番四次犯罪， 怒氣不停發作，永遠懷着憤怒， 拿刀追趕兄弟，絲毫不存憐憫， 我必不撤銷對它的懲罰。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 耶和華如此說： 「以東三番四次犯罪， 怒氣不停發作，永遠懷着憤怒， 拿刀追趕兄弟，絲毫不存憐憫， 我必不撤銷對它的懲罰。
- 當代譯本 - 耶和華說： 「以東人三番四次地犯罪， 我必不收回對他們的懲罰， 因為他們拔刀追趕自己的弟兄， 沒有半點憐憫之心； 他們怒氣不息，永懷憤怒。
- 聖經新譯本 - “耶和華這樣說： ‘以東三番四次犯罪， 我必不收回懲罰他的命令； 因為他拿刀追殺他的兄弟， 沒有絲毫憐憫； 他的怒氣不斷爆發， 他的忿怒永不止息。
- 呂振中譯本 - 永恆主這麼說： 『 以東 三番四次地悖逆， 我必不收回 成命 ， 因為他拿刀追趕他的兄弟， 毁盡了憐憫之心； 他的忿怒永遠撕裂了 人 ， 他的暴怒他長久懷着。
- 現代標點和合本 - 耶和華如此說： 「以東三番四次地犯罪， 我必不免去他的刑罰， 因為他拿刀追趕兄弟，毫無憐憫， 發怒撕裂，永懷憤怒。
- 文理和合譯本 - 耶和華曰、以東干罪、至三至四、我不挽回厥罰、以其以刃追襲昆弟、絕無矜憫、發忿傷人不已、怒氣恆懷也、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華又曰、以東犯罪、至三至四、更逐兄弟、擊之以刃、絕無矜憫、挾怨傷人、藏怒不已、故我必罰其罪、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主如是云、 以東 人犯罪、至三至四、更以刃追弟、棄絕矜憫、永遠發怒、恆忿不已、故我降罰以報之、必不挽回、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Así dice el Señor: «Los delitos de Edom han llegado a su colmo; por tanto, no revocaré su castigo: Porque sin mostrar ninguna compasión persiguieron con espada a su hermano; porque dieron rienda suelta a su ira y no dejaron de alimentar su enojo,
- 현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “에돔의 서너 가지 죄에 대하여 내가 내 분노를 돌이키지 않겠다. 이것은 그가 칼로 그 형제를 추격하며 불쌍히 여기는 마음을 버리고 언제나 분노가 하늘에까지 치밀어 화가 그칠 날이 없기 때문이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Так говорит Господь: – За три греха Эдома и за четыре не отвращу Мой гнев. За то, что он преследовал своего брата мечом, подавляя всякое сострадание , что гнев его горел непрестанно, и ярость его всегда пылала –
- Восточный перевод - Так говорит Вечный: – Эдом грех добавляет ко греху – не отвращу от него Мой гнев. За то, что он преследовал своего брата мечом, подавляя всякое сострадание , что гнев его горел непрестанно, и ярость его всегда пылала –
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Так говорит Вечный: – Эдом грех добавляет ко греху – не отвращу от него Мой гнев. За то, что он преследовал своего брата мечом, подавляя всякое сострадание , что гнев его горел непрестанно, и ярость его всегда пылала –
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Так говорит Вечный: – Эдом грех добавляет ко греху – не отвращу от него Мой гнев. За то, что он преследовал своего брата мечом, подавляя всякое сострадание , что гнев его горел непрестанно, и ярость его всегда пылала –
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - L’Eternel dit ceci : Edom a perpétré ╵de nombreux crimes ; il a dépassé les limites. ╵Voilà pourquoi ╵je ne reviendrai pas ╵sur l’arrêt que j’ai pris, car il a poursuivi ╵le peuple frère avec l’épée , en étouffant toute pitié, et il n’a pas cessé ╵de le meurtrir avec colère et de nourrir sans fin ╵sa rage invétérée.
- リビングバイブル - 主はこう言います。 「エドムは何度もくり返して罪を犯し、 わたしはそのことを忘れない。 もうこれ以上、処罰を猶予しない。 彼らは兄弟であるイスラエルを剣で追いかけ、 怒りにまかせて冷酷にふるまった。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Assim diz o Senhor: “Por três transgressões de Edom, e ainda mais por quatro, não anularei o castigo. Porque com a espada perseguiu seu irmão e reprimiu toda a compaixão, mutilando-o furiosamente e perpetuando para sempre a sua ira,
- Hoffnung für alle - So spricht der Herr: Die Leute von Edom begehen ein abscheuliches Verbrechen nach dem anderen. Sie haben die Israeliten, ihr Brudervolk, erbarmungslos bekämpft und unschuldiges Blut vergossen. Ihr Hass kennt keine Grenzen, ständig führen sie Krieg gegen mein Volk. Das werde ich nicht ungestraft lassen!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đây là điều Chúa Hằng Hữu phán: “Dân tộc Ê-đôm phạm tội quá nhiều, nên Ta phải trừng phạt, không dung thứ được nữa! Chúng đã nhẫn tâm tuốt gươm đuổi đánh Ít-ra-ên, anh em mình, không tỏ chút thương xót. Chúng để lòng thù hận dày vò và nuôi lòng căm hờn mãi mãi.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า “เนื่องจากเอโดมทำบาปซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าสามสี่ครั้ง เราจึงไม่หายโกรธ เพราะเขาถือดาบตามล่าน้องชาย โดยไม่ปรานี เพราะโทสะของเขาพลุ่งพล่านอยู่ตลอดเวลา และเกรี้ยวกราดไม่ได้หยุดหย่อน
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พระผู้เป็นเจ้ากล่าวดังนี้ “เอโดมกระทำบาปซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า เราจะไม่เปลี่ยนใจในการลงโทษ เพราะพวกเขาใช้ดาบไล่ล่าพี่น้องของเขา และไร้ความเมตตา ความโกรธของเขาพลุ่งพล่านอย่างไม่จบสิ้น และฉุนเฉียวไม่หยุดหย่อน
交叉引用
- Isaiah 34:1 - Draw in close now, nations. Listen carefully, you people. Pay attention! Earth, you, too, and everything in you. World, and all that comes from you.
- Isaiah 34:2 - And here’s why: God is angry, good and angry with all the nations, So blazingly angry at their arms and armies that he’s going to rid earth of them, wipe them out. The corpses, thrown in a heap, will stink like the town dump in midsummer, Their blood flowing off the mountains like creeks in spring runoff. Stars will fall out of the sky like overripe, rotting fruit in the orchard, And the sky itself will be folded up like a blanket and put away in a closet. All that army of stars, shriveled to nothing, like leaves and fruit in autumn, dropping and rotting!
- Isaiah 34:5 - “Once I’ve finished with earth and sky, I’ll start in on Edom. I’ll come down hard on Edom, a people I’ve slated for total termination.” God has a sword, thirsty for blood and more blood, a sword hungry for well-fed flesh, Lamb and goat blood, the suet-rich kidneys of rams. Yes, God has scheduled a sacrifice in Bozrah, the capital, the whole country of Edom a slaughterhouse. A wholesale slaughter, wild animals and farm animals alike slaughtered. The whole country soaked with blood, all the ground greasy with fat.
- Isaiah 34:8 - It’s God’s scheduled time for vengeance, the year all Zion’s accounts are settled. Edom’s streams will flow sluggish, thick with pollution, the soil sterile, poisoned with waste, The whole country a smoking, stinking garbage dump— The fires burning day and night, the skies black with endless smoke. Generation after generation of wasteland— no more travelers through this country! Vultures and skunks will police the streets; owls and crows will feel at home there. God will reverse creation. Chaos! He will cancel fertility. Emptiness! Leaders will have no one to lead. They’ll name it No Kingdom There, A country where all kings and princes are unemployed. Thistles will take over, covering the castles, fortresses conquered by weeds and thornbushes. Wild dogs will prowl the ruins, ostriches have the run of the place. Wildcats and hyenas will hunt together, demons and devils dance through the night. The night-demon Lilith, evil and rapacious, will establish permanent quarters. Scavenging carrion birds will breed and brood, infestations of ominous evil.
- Isaiah 34:16 - Get and read God’s book: None of this is going away, this breeding, brooding evil. God has personally commanded it all. His Spirit set it in motion. God has assigned them their place, decreed their fate in detail. This is permanent— generation after generation, the same old thing.
- Ephesians 4:26 - Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry—but don’t use your anger as fuel for revenge. And don’t stay angry. Don’t go to bed angry. Don’t give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life.
- Lamentations 4:21 - Celebrate while you can, O Edom! Live it up in Uz! For it won’t be long before you drink this cup, too. You’ll find out what it’s like to drink God’s wrath, Get drunk on God’s wrath and wake up with nothing, stripped naked.
- Lamentations 4:22 - And that’s it for you, Zion. The punishment’s complete. You won’t have to go through this exile again. But Edom, your time is coming: He’ll punish your evil life, put all your sins on display.
- Genesis 27:41 - Esau seethed in anger against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him; he brooded, “The time for mourning my father’s death is close. And then I’ll kill my brother Jacob.”
- Malachi 1:2 - God said, “I love you.” You replied, “Really? How have you loved us?” “Look at history” (this is God’s answer). “Look at how differently I’ve treated you, Jacob, from Esau: I loved Jacob and hated Esau. I reduced pretentious Esau to a molehill, turned his whole country into a ghost town.”
- Isaiah 21:11 - A Message concerning Edom: A voice calls to me from the Seir mountains in Edom, “Night watchman! How long till daybreak? How long will this night last?” The night watchman calls back, “Morning’s coming, But for now it’s still night. If you ask me again, I’ll give the same answer.” * * *
- Ephesians 5:1 - Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.
- Psalms 83:6 - Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia and the Tyrians, And now Assyria has joined up, Giving muscle to the gang of Lot.
- Deuteronomy 23:7 - But don’t spurn an Edomite; he’s your kin. And don’t spurn an Egyptian; you were a foreigner in his land.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 - Don’t be quick to fly off the handle. Anger boomerangs. You can spot a fool by the lumps on his head.
- Micah 7:18 - Where is the god who can compare with you— wiping the slate clean of guilt, Turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, to the past sins of your purged and precious people? You don’t nurse your anger and don’t stay angry long, for mercy is your specialty. That’s what you love most. And compassion is on its way to us. You’ll stamp out our wrongdoing. You’ll sink our sins to the bottom of the ocean. You’ll stay true to your word to Father Jacob and continue the compassion you showed Grandfather Abraham— Everything you promised our ancestors from a long time ago.
- Deuteronomy 2:7 - God, your God, has blessed you in everything you have done. He has guarded you in your travels through this immense wilderness. For forty years now, God, your God, has been right here with you. You haven’t lacked one thing.
- Deuteronomy 2:8 - So we detoured around our brothers, the People of Esau who live in Seir, avoiding the Arabah Road that comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber; instead we used the road through the Wilderness of Moab.
- Isaiah 63:1 - The watchmen call out, “Who goes there, marching out of Edom, out of Bozrah in clothes dyed red? Name yourself, so splendidly dressed, advancing, bristling with power!” “It is I: I speak what is right, I, mighty to save!”
- Isaiah 63:2 - “And why are your robes so red, your clothes dyed red like those who tread grapes?”
- Isaiah 63:3 - “I’ve been treading the winepress alone. No one was there to help me. Angrily, I stomped the grapes; raging, I trampled the people. Their blood spurted all over me— all my clothes were soaked with blood. I was set on vengeance. The time for redemption had arrived. I looked around for someone to help —no one. I couldn’t believe it —not one volunteer. So I went ahead and did it myself, fed and fueled by my rage. I trampled the people in my anger, crushed them under foot in my wrath, soaked the earth with their lifeblood.”
- Isaiah 63:7 - I’ll make a list of God’s gracious dealings, all the things God has done that need praising, All the generous bounties of God, his great goodness to the family of Israel— Compassion lavished, love extravagant. He said, “Without question these are my people, children who would never betray me.” So he became their Savior. In all their troubles, he was troubled, too. He didn’t send someone else to help them. He did it himself, in person. Out of his own love and pity he redeemed them. He rescued them and carried them along for a long, long time.
- Obadiah 1:1 - Obadiah’s Message to Edom from God, the Master. We got the news straight from God by a special messenger sent out to the godless nations: “On your feet, prepare for battle; get ready to make war on Edom! * * *
- Obadiah 1:2 - “Listen to this, Edom: I’m turning you to a no-account, the runt of the godless nations, despised. You thought you were so great, perched high among the rocks, king of the mountain, Thinking to yourself, ‘Nobody can get to me! Nobody can touch me!’ Think again. Even if, like an eagle, you hang out on a high cliff-face, Even if you build your nest in the stars, I’ll bring you down to earth.” God’s sure Word.
- Obadiah 1:5 - “If thieves crept up on you, they’d rob you blind—isn’t that so? If they mugged you on the streets at night, they’d pick you clean—isn’t that so? Oh, they’ll take Esau apart, piece by piece, empty his purse and pockets. All your old partners will drive you to the edge. Your old friends will lie to your face. Your old drinking buddies will stab you in the back. Your world will collapse. You won’t know what hit you. So don’t be surprised”—it’s God’s sure Word!— “when I wipe out all sages from Edom and rid the Esau mountains of its famous wise men. Your great heroes will desert you, Teman. There’ll be nobody left in Esau’s mountains. Because of the murderous history compiled against your brother Jacob, You will be looked down on by everyone. You’ll lose your place in history. On that day you stood there and didn’t do anything. Strangers took your brother’s army into exile. Godless foreigners invaded and pillaged Jerusalem. You stood there and watched. You were as bad as they were. You shouldn’t have gloated over your brother when he was down-and-out. You shouldn’t have laughed and joked at Judah’s sons when they were facedown in the mud. You shouldn’t have talked so big when everything was so bad. You shouldn’t have taken advantage of my people when their lives had fallen apart. You of all people should not have been amused by their troubles, their wrecked nation. You shouldn’t have taken the shirt off their back when they were knocked flat, defenseless. And you shouldn’t have stood waiting at the outskirts and cut off refugees, And traitorously turned in helpless survivors who had lost everything. * * *
- Ezekiel 35:1 - God’s Message came to me: “Son of man, confront Mount Seir. Prophesy against it! Tell them, ‘God, the Master, says: “‘I’m coming down hard on you, Mount Seir. I’m stepping in and turning you to a pile of rubble. I’ll reduce your towns to piles of rocks. There’ll be nothing left of you. Then you’ll realize that I am God.
- Ezekiel 35:5 - “‘I’m doing this because you’ve kept this age-old grudge going against Israel: You viciously attacked them when they were already down, looking their final punishment in the face. Therefore, as sure as I am the living God, I’m lining you up for a real bloodbath. Since you loved blood so much, you’ll be chased by rivers of blood. I’ll reduce Mount Seir to a heap of rubble. No one will either come or go from that place! I’ll blanket your mountains with corpses. Massacred bodies will cover your hills and fill up your valleys and ditches. I’ll reduce you to ruins and all your towns will be ghost towns—population zero. Then you’ll realize that I am God.
- Ezekiel 35:10 - “‘Because you said, “These two nations, these two countries, are mine. I’m taking over” (even though God is right there watching, right there listening), I’ll turn your hate-bloated anger and rage right back on you. You’ll know I mean business when I bring judgment on you. You’ll realize then that I, God, have overheard all the vile abuse you’ve poured out against the mountains of Israel, saying, “They’re roadkill and we’re going to eat them up.” You’ve strutted around, talking so big, insolently pitting yourselves against me. And I’ve heard it all.
- Ezekiel 35:14 - “‘This is the verdict of God, the Master: With the whole earth applauding, I’ll demolish you. Since you danced in the streets, thinking it was so wonderful when Israel’s inheritance was demolished, I’ll give you the same treatment: demolition. Mount Seir demolished—yes, every square inch of Edom. Then they’ll realize that I am God!’”
- Jeremiah 49:7 - The Message of God-of-the-Angel-Armies on Edom: “Is there nobody wise left in famous Teman? no one with a sense of reality? Has their wisdom gone wormy and rotten? Run for your lives! Get out while you can! Find a good place to hide, you who live in Dedan! I’m bringing doom to Esau. It’s time to settle accounts. When harvesters work your fields, don’t they leave gleanings? When burglars break into your house, don’t they take only what they want? But I’ll strip Esau clean. I’ll search out every nook and cranny. I’ll destroy everything connected with him, children and relatives and neighbors. There’ll be no one left who will be able to say, ‘I’ll take care of your orphans. Your widows can depend on me.’”
- Jeremiah 49:12 - Indeed. God says, “I tell you, if there are people who have to drink the cup of God’s wrath even though they don’t deserve it, why would you think you’d get off? You won’t get off. You’ll drink it. Oh yes, you’ll drink every drop. And as for Bozrah, your capital, I swear by all that I am”—God’s Decree—“that that city will end up a pile of charred ruins, a stinking garbage dump, an obscenity—and all her daughter-cities with her.”
- Jeremiah 49:14 - I’ve just heard the latest from God. He’s sent an envoy to the nations: “Muster your troops and attack Edom. Present arms! Go to war!”
- Jeremiah 49:15 - “Ah, Edom, I’m dropping you to last place among nations, the bottom of the heap, kicked around. You think you’re so great— strutting across the stage of history, Living high in the impregnable rocks, acting like king of the mountain. You think you’re above it all, don’t you, like an eagle in its aerie? Well, you’re headed for a fall. I’ll bring you crashing to the ground.” God’s Decree.
- Jeremiah 49:17 - “Edom will end up trash. Stinking, despicable trash. A wonder of the world in reverse. She’ll join Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors in the sewers of history.” God says so. “No one will live there, no mortal soul move in there.
- Jeremiah 49:19 - “Watch this: Like a lion coming up from the thick jungle of the Jordan Looking for prey in the mountain pastures, I will come upon Edom and pounce. I’ll take my pick of the flock—and who’s to stop me? The shepherds of Edom are helpless before me.”
- Jeremiah 49:20 - So, listen to this plan that God has worked out against Edom, the blueprint of what he’s prepared for those who live in Teman: “Believe it or not, the young, the vulnerable— mere lambs and kids—will be dragged off. Believe it or not, the flock in shock, helpless to help, will watch it happen. The very earth will shudder because of their cries, cries of anguish heard at the distant Red Sea. Look! An eagle soars, swoops down, spreads its wings over Bozrah. Brave warriors will double up in pain, helpless to fight, like a woman giving birth to a baby.”
- Psalms 137:7 - God, remember those Edomites, and remember the ruin of Jerusalem, That day they yelled out, “Wreck it, smash it to bits!” And you, Babylonians—ravagers! A reward to whoever gets back at you for all you’ve done to us; Yes, a reward to the one who grabs your babies and smashes their heads on the rocks!
- Numbers 20:14 - Moses sent emissaries from Kadesh to the king of Edom with this message: “A message from your brother Israel: You are familiar with all the trouble we’ve run into. Our ancestors went down to Egypt and lived there a long time. The Egyptians viciously abused both us and our ancestors. But when we cried out for help to God, he heard our cry. He sent an angel and got us out of Egypt. And now here we are at Kadesh, a town at the border of your land.
- Numbers 20:17 - “Will you give us permission to cut across your land? We won’t trespass through your fields or orchards and we won’t drink out of your wells; we’ll keep to the main road, the King’s Road, straying neither right nor left until we’ve crossed your border.”
- Numbers 20:18 - The king of Edom answered, “Not on your life. If you so much as set a foot on my land, I’ll kill you.”
- Numbers 20:19 - The People of Israel said, “Look, we’ll stay on the main road. If we or our animals drink any water, we’ll pay you for it. We’re harmless—just a company of footsore travelers.”
- Numbers 20:20 - He answered again: “No. You may not come through.” And Edom came out and blocked the way with a crowd of people brandishing weapons. Edom refused to let them cross through his land. So Israel had to detour around him.
- Malachi 1:4 - When Edom (Esau) said, “We’ve been knocked down, but we’ll get up and start over, good as new,” God-of-the-Angel-Armies said, “Just try it and see how far you get. When I knock you down, you stay down. People will take one look at you and say, ‘Land of Evil!’ and ‘the God-cursed tribe!’
- Ezekiel 25:12 - “God, the Master, says: Because Edom reacted against the people of Judah in spiteful revenge and was so criminally vengeful against them, therefore I, God, the Master, will oppose Edom and kill the lot of them, people and animals both. I’ll waste it—corpses stretched from Teman to Dedan. I’ll use my people Israel to bring my vengeance down on Edom. My wrath will fuel their action. And they’ll realize it’s my vengeance. Decree of God the Master.” * * *