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In 25:12, Ezekiel chastised Edom \u201cbecause Edom acted vengefully against the House of Judah and incurred guilt by wreaking revenge upon it.\u201d We noted, there, that Edom\u2019s participation in the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem is elaborated on in greater detail in the Book of Obadiah, and cited in Psalm 137:7: \u201cRecall, O Lord, of the Edomites, of the day of Jerusalem, who cried \u2018raze it, raze it\u2019 to its very foundation.\u201d Here, Ezekiel turned again to Edom (Mt. Seir) with a lengthy tirade of doom that lasts through the entirety of this chapter and has its continuation in the first half of the following chapter (36:1-15), which is addressed, in complementary fashion, to \u201cthe mountains of Israel\u201d (36:1).<\/span><\/p>\n

The difference is that the key term in the earlier prophecy was revenge, and the picture it painted was that of a spiteful Edom that welcomed the opportunity created by the Babylonian invasion to avenge itself on its erstwhile brother, Israel. Here, however, the subject was Edom\u2019s expansionist aims and the oracle of doom uttered against it by Ezekiel describes how it will be laid desolate on account of its attempt to lay claim to the desolated highlands of Israel. The future desolation of Mt. Seir then serves as the prelude to the eventual restoration of the mountains of Israel in 36:16-38.<\/span><\/p>\n

Edomite enmity is described in 35:5 as \u201can ancient hatred\u201d (\u2018<\/em><\/span>eivat `olam<\/span><\/em>), the very term attributed to the Philistines in 25:15. Moshe Greenberg noted:<\/span><\/p>\n

Long-held ethnic grudges are a feature of the biblical world; e.g., I Sam. 15:2 (against Amalek), with reference to Exod. 17:8-16; Deut. 23:4-7 (against Ammon and Moab). Counterbalancing these are long-held memories of ethnic favors: e.g., Deut 23:8 [Egypt!]; I Sam 15:6 [the Kenites]. The hatred of Seir\/Edom\/Esau originated, according to Israelite tradition doubtless known to Ezekiel, with Jacob\/Israel\u2019s usurpation of his twin brother\u2019s first-born blessing (Gen 27:41: \u201cEsau hated Jacob on account of the blessing\u2026\u201d). 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