Verse 5
5. perpetual hatred— (Psalms 137:7; Amos 1:11; Obadiah 1:10-16). Edom perpetuated the hereditary hatred derived from Esau against Jacob.
shed the blood of, c.—The literal translation is better. "Thou hast poured out the children of Israel" namely, like water. So Psalms 22:14; Psalms 63:10, Margin; Psalms 63:10- :. Compare 2 Samuel 14:14.
by the force of the sword—literally, "by" or "upon the hands of the sword"; the sword being personified as a devourer whose "hands" were the instruments of destruction.
in the time that their iniquity had an end—that is, had its consummation (Ezekiel 21:25; Ezekiel 21:29). Edom consummated his guilt when he exulted over Jerusalem's downfall, and helped the foe to destroy it (Psalms 137:7; Obadiah 1:11).
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