A Study Guide for the Book of Lamentations by John Teague, ThD - HTML preview

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a)

It seems that a few humble souls among the

Edomites were willing to take in the desperate wanderers, (Jer. 40:11-12).

b)

There are almost always exceptions to the general rule.

c)

Those among the Edomites who did a good thing certainly received from the Lord for what they had done, and by their deeds they may have played a part in bringing about the only offer for mercy to Edomites ever recorded, (Jer.49:11).

e.

Finally, Edom threw off the yoke of Jacob. One of David’s and Solomon’s most troublesome enemies was an Edomite of royal lineage named Hadad.

1)

He had fled from King David to Egypt, where he enjoyed political asylum, and even married Pharaoh’s sister-in-law, (1 Kgs.11:14-20).

2)

Upon hearing of David’s death, however, he returned to his homeland to fight for Edomite independence from Israel.

3)

He failed to win in his efforts against Solomon; but the struggle for Edom’s independence continued for a century longer, until the reign of Solomon’s great-great-great grandson, Jehoram.

a)

During the reign of this wicked son of Jehoshaphat, and despite all his efforts to the contrary, Isaac’s ancient prophecy that Edom would someday throw off the yoke of his brother Jacob was fulfilled, (Gen. 27:35-40; 2 Kgs.8:16-22; 2 Chron.21:8-10).

b)

About fifty years after Jehoram’s death, Edom was involved in one of the most bizarre events in Israel’s history.

(1)

In a useless attempt to regain Judah’s lost dominion over Edom, Jehoram’s grandson,

King Amaziah, attacked that nation and

cruelly slaughtered 20,000 of the

inhabitants, including 10,000 Edomites

whom Amaziah led to the top of a high,

rocky cliff, “and cast them down from the