The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:12-14
The hostility add the curse of Edom. Often in the course of Old Testament history do we meet with references to the inhabitants of Edom, and usually they are exhibited as taking an attitude of hostility towards the chosen people. It is certainly remarkable that Ezekiel, in his Eastern captivity, should concern himself with these border states. But it is evident that he was at the time very deeply impressed with the great principle of national responsibility and national retribution; and... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 25:12-14
The revengeful nation. The Edomites are characterized as an especially revengeful people, because they watched for their opportunity, and, when the Jews were crushed and prostrate beneath the cruel Chaldean invasion, rushed in to smite their fallen foe. I. THE WICKED REVENGE . 1. Vengeance is presumptuous . There is a right recompense for sin, but this lies with God. "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" ( Romans 12:19 ). He who seizes the weapons of... read more