This is what the LORD says:
“For three sins of Edom ( Teman and Bozrah),
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued (hunted down) his brother with a sword
and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
and his fury flamed unchecked,
The sin of Edom was his persistent and unfeeling hostility against his brother. “Brother” could refer to some unknown treaty partner (cf. v. 9). But the frequent references in the Old Testament to Edom’s brotherhood with Israel suggest that this refers to the physical kinship between the two nations that began with Esau and Jacob (Gen. 25:29-30; Num. 20:14; Deut. 2:4; 23:7). At some point in Israel’s history Edom relentlessly pursued his defeated brother with a sword (cf. Obad. 10). Without any natural feelings of compassion, Edom let his anger rage continually, like a beast tearing its captured prey. He brooded over his fury, nourishing it so it flamed unchecked.
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