But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
But thou shouldest not have looked on - with malignant pleasure and a brutal stare. So the antitypes, Messiah's foes (Psalms 22:17). Translate rather as margin, and as the Hebrew х 'al (H408)] always means, 'Do not look (gaze not with pleasure) upon thy brother in the day of his becoming a stranger-do not rejoice-do not speak proudly-do not enter into the gate-do not look on their affliction-nor lay hands on their substance-neither stand in the crossway-neither deliver those of his that remain!' It is a warning to Edom against his foreseen malice, which was about to be evinced at the then future and foretold capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
The day of thy brother - his day of calamity.
In the day that he became a stranger - i:e., was banished as an alien from his own land. God sends heavy calamities on those who rejoice in the calamities of their enemies (Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 24:17-18). Contrast the opposite conduct of David, and of the Divine Son of David, in a like case (Psalms 35:13-15).
Spoken proudly - literally, made great the mouth: proudly insulting the fallen (Ezekiel 35:13, margin, 'With your mouth ye have magnified against me, and have multiplied your words against me;' cf. 1 Samuel 2:3, "Talk no more so exceeding proudly: let not arrogancy come out of your mouth;" Revelation 13:6, "He (the beast) opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven." Herein Edom is a type of Antichrist).