Edom. Compare Isaiah 21:11. Amo 34:5.Jeremiah 49:8, &c. Ezekiel 25:12-14; Ezekiel 35:2.Joel 3:19; Obadiah 1:1.Malachi 1:4.
because, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 27:41. Compare Deuteronomy 23:7). App-92. Compare Malachi 1:2.
his brother. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 25:24-26).
tear perpetually: or, tear [his prey] perpetually. Ginsburg thinks. kept his grudge. Compare 2 Chronicles 28:17.
he. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omits "he".