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Verse 10

The Lord gave three more reasons for Edom’s judgment (cf. Ezekiel 35:5). The Edomites had wanted to take over the lands of both Israel and Judah even though they were the lands of Yahweh (cf. Ezekiel 36:12). Ancient Near Easterners viewed the lands of nations as the domain of the gods of those nations. To take a nation was to overcome its god. Thus in trying to take over Israel’s land Edom tried to discredit Yahweh since "the Lord was there," it was His land (cf. Ezekiel 35:12; Ezekiel 48:35). This in turn involved failing to recognize Yahweh as the only true God (Ezekiel 35:13).

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