Eze 35:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. perpetual hatred — ( ). Edom perpetuated the hereditary hatred derived from Esau against Jacob. shed the blood of, &c.—The literal translation is better. "Thou hast poured out the children of Israel"; namely, like water. So , Margin; . Compare . by the force of the sword —literally, "by" or "upon the hands of the sword"; the sword being personified as a devourer whose "hands" were the instruments of destruction. in the time that their iniquity had an end —that is, had its consummation ( ). Edom consummated his guilt when he exulted over Jerusalem's downfall, and helped the foe to destroy it ( ).

Ezekiel 35:5

5. perpetual hatred— (Ps 137:7; Am 1:11; Ob 10-16). Edom perpetuated the hereditary hatred derived from Esau against Jacob.

shed the blood of, &c.—The literal translation is better. "Thou hast poured out the children of Israel"; namely, like water. So Ps 22:14; 63:10, Margin; Jer 18:21. Compare 2Sa 14:14.

by the force of the sword—literally, "by" or "upon the hands of the sword"; the sword being personified as a devourer whose "hands" were the instruments of destruction.

in the time that their iniquity had an end—that is, had its consummation (Eze 21:25, 29). Edom consummated his guilt when he exulted over Jerusalem's downfall, and helped the foe to destroy it (Ps 137:7; Ob 11).