Verse 7
children = sons.
Edom. Genesis 27:39 , Genesis 27:40 was not fulfilled until the reign of Joram (2 Kings 8:20-23 . 2 Chronicles 21:8-10 (compare 1 Kings 22:47 ). From that time they were implacable enemies.
day. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for what happened at the time ( App-6 ). Compare Job 18:20 . Hosea 1:11 .Joel 1:15 .Luke 17:22 , Luke 17:26 ; Luke 19:42 . 1 Corinthians 4:3 .
Who said. The reference is to what they said , not to what they did ; to the encouragement given to Sennacherib, not to the help given to Nebuchadnezzar. That is what Obadiah, a later prophet, refers to. Isaiah (Hezekiah's contemporary) refers to the earlier words. See Isaiah 34:6 . Here Edom does not go beyond words.
Rase it, rase it. Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( App-6 ) for emphasis. This was said , not done, at that time.
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