Psalms 137:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Remember, O Lord, so as to punish them, the children of Edom, our constant and inveterate enemies, who had no regard either to consanguinity or humanity. In the day; in the time of its calamity or destruction, which is oft called a day, as Job 18:20 Psalms 37:13 Ezekiel 30:9 Hosea 1:11 Ob 12. Who said to the Babylonians, whom they assisted and provoked against Jerusalem; of which see Lamentations 4:21 Ezekiel 25:12 Ob 11-14.

Psalms 137:7

7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.