Obadiah 1:8

"Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?"

"Destroy the wise men out of Edom ..." "Edom was known for its wise men; Elephaz, one of the friends of Job, was a Temanite, Teman being one of the most important towns in Edom."[7] Celebrated as were the wise men of Edom, their counsel will be thwarted and rendered useless when the judgment falls. None of the worldly old wisdom of the dukes of Edom would do any good against the forthcoming judgment of God against the evil nation.

"And understanding out of the mount of Esau ..." The mount of Esau was a general name for the whole nation which occupied the rough and elevated country lying southward from the Dead Sea all the way to the gulf of Aqabah. It was also called Mount Seir, or Teman, or Petra, the latter being two of the principal cities.