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Introduction:
After Jerusalem is destroyed, God condemns the Edomites again for regarding their brothers, the Israelites, their enemy (1-9)
God judges them for three offenses (10-15)
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Their treachery (5)
“The Edomites struck Judah ‘at the time of their calamity’ (35:5).
Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem managed to escape the lengthy Babylonian siege (one which resulted in such awful atrocities as cannibalism caused by starvation), only to be caught and slaughtered by the Edomites (Obad.
10, 14).
The Edomites had ‘harboured an ancient hostility’ which went back over a thousand years (35:5).”
2. Their expansionist policies (10)
Continue reading verses 10-12.
“The Edomites had eyes for both Judah and Israel (35:10).
They coveted that which was not theirs.
It is the drive for more that is the cause of the world’s ills.”
“In our own economy-dependent society, policy-makers need to reevaluate the role of covetousness in ‘market forces’.
Covetousness, it can be argued, lies behind economic recession and the instability of the world’s currencies, and unemployment.”
“It is the same ill as befell King David when sexual greed overcame him as he looked across the rooftops of the city at Bathsheba (2 Sam.
11).
Covetousness can sting the best of men as well as the worst of men.”
3. Their blasphemous boasting (13)
“The Edomites gloated in the downfall of Israel.
But Israel belonged to God and thus their boasting was an insult against God himself”
Here’s a few things that are revealed about Edom’s boasting.
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Their Irreverence
2. Their bad language
“The Edomites referred to God euphemistically, not mentioning him by name, but speaking in derogatory terms of ‘the mountains of Israel’ (35:12; 36:1–2).
But in doing so they might as well have used God’s name, for their insults meant the same thing in the end.
Words that are uttered in times of rage can be blasphemous, even though God’s name has not been used.”
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They are exposed in God’s sight
We aren’t told what the Edomites said, but“whatever it was the Edomites actually said, God heard it!
Nothing can be hidden from him.
He knows the secrets of our hearts”.
4. Their arrogance is short-lived
“It is difficult to be sympathetic when you learn of the downfall of those who have claimed invincibility, particularly when they have mocked your own afflictions.”
Illustration: kids rough-housing then complaining about getting hurt
Conclusion: God shows no sympathy or love to an arrogant heart
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