I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.
Ver. 4. I will lay thy cities waste.] Even Teman, Dedan, Bozrah, mentioned in Scripture; besides many others mentioned by geographers, Maresa, Rhinocorura, Raphia, Gaza, Anthedon, &c.
And thou shalt know.] To thy small comfort.
That I am the Lord.] A Lord of lords, a God of gods, "a great God, a mighty and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward." Deu 10:17