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"I will also stretch out My hand against Edom"

Text: Ezekiel 25:13

EDOM AS ANOTHER ADVERSARY

Edom was another name for Esau. Jacob and Esau were twins when they were born. But there was a great falling out when Esau became Edom, and Jacob became a nation called Israel! Edom’ s resentment towards Israel grew steadily as the years rolled by.

“Thus says the Lord God:
‘Because of what Edom did
against the house of Judah by taking vengeance,
and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,’
therefore thus says the Lord God:
‘I will also stretch out My hand against Edom,
cut off man and beast from it,
and make it desolate from Teman;
Dedan shall fall by the sword.
I will lay My vengeance on Edom
by the hand of My people Israel,
that they may do in Edom
according to My anger and according to My fury;
and they shall know My vengeance,’
says the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 25:12-14

1. Israel was the chosen nation.

a) Esau was the first-born.

b) But it was Israel that obtained God’s blessings.

2. Edom began to be hostile towards Israel.

a) The Edomites became enemies.

b) Their attitude towards Israel was one of vengeance.

i) There was hatred.

ii) There was animosity.

iii) There was a spirit of spite and vengeance that grew.

iv) Their attitude towards Israel was offensive in God’s sight.

3. God’s judgment against Edom was pronounced.

a) God’s hand would be stretched out against Edom.

b) He could cut off both man and beast from Edom.

c) The city of Teman would be cut off.

d) The city of Dedan would fall by the sword.

4. God’s vengeance.

a) Only God can speak of a righteous vengeance.

b) Israel would be the hand that God would use to punish Edom.

c) God would direct both anger and fury against Edom.

d) Then Edom would know and acknowledge the sovereignty of God.