3)
Like their father Esau, the Edomites could or would not distinguish between the holy and the ordinary.
a)
The Edomites along with the Moabites and
Ammonites maintained that Israel was no different from any other nation on earth, (Ezek.25:8).
b)
Their hate of Israel was nothing but hatred for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
4)
Another outstanding quality of the Edomite people as a whole was pride, (Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 3-4).
(a)
They were extremely confident of their security from attack, for they made their dwellings in high rocky cliffs, but their cockiness would not prevail against the armies that God would send against them, (Jer.49:16, 20-22; Obad.3-4, 9).
(b)
God considered the boasts of the Edomites to be boasts against Him personally, (Ezek 35:13).
(1)
Because of the Edomite boasts the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob vowed not to
leave one Edomite unpunished, (Jer. 49:9-
10).
(2)
He also vowed to make their land as
desolate as He made Sodom and Gomorrah,
(Jer. 49:13, 17-18, 20).
(3)
Their death cries would be heard all the way to the Red Sea, (Jer. 49:21).
5)
The Edomites were also noted for their ability to hold a grudge to the death.
a)
The words “Thou hast had a perpetual hatred”, is recorded in Ezekiel (35:5).
b)
This same hatred is still alive and flourishing today.
(1)
With every news report and every new
development concerning the Middle East, it
becomes ever more apparent that the fact of hatred has not changed.