Eze 35:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. perpetual hatred-- ( ; ; 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 ; , 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 ( ; Ob 11).

‏ Ezekiel 35:5

5. perpetual hatred--(Psa 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 Psa 22:14; 63:10, Margin; Jr 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 (Psa 137:7; Ob 11).