Bible Cross References
Edom
Isaiah 21:11
This is a message about Edom. Someone calls to me from Edom, "Sentry, how soon will the night be over? Tell me how soon it will end."
Isaiah 21:12
I answer, "Morning is coming, but night will come again. If you want to ask again, come back and ask."
Isaiah 34:1-17
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Come, people of all nations! Gather around and listen. Let the whole earth and everyone living on it come here and listen.
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The LORD is angry with all the nations and all their armies. He has condemned them to destruction.
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Their corpses will not be buried, but will lie there rotting and stinking; and the mountains will be red with blood.
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The sun, moon, and stars will crumble to dust. The sky will disappear like a scroll being rolled up, and the stars will fall like leaves dropping from a vine or a fig tree.
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The LORD has prepared his sword in heaven, and now it will strike Edom, those people whom he has condemned to destruction.
6
His sword will be covered with their blood and fat, like the blood and fat of lambs and goats that are sacrificed. The LORD will offer this sacrifice in the city of Bozrah; he will make this a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7
The people will fall like wild oxen and young bulls, and the earth will be red with blood and covered with fat.
8
This is the time when the LORD will rescue Zion and take vengeance on her enemies.
9
The rivers of Edom will turn into tar, and the soil will turn into sulfur. The whole country will burn like tar.
10
It will burn day and night, and smoke will rise from it forever. The land will lie waste age after age, and no one will ever travel through it again.
11
Owls and ravens will take over the land. The LORD will make it a barren waste again, as it was before the creation.
12
There will be no king to rule the country, and the leaders will all be gone.
13
Thorns and thistles will grow up in all the palaces and walled towns, and jackals and owls will live in them.
14
Wild animals will roam there, and demons will call to each other. The night monster will come there looking for a place to rest.
15
Owls will build their nests, lay eggs, hatch their young, and care for them there. Vultures will gather there, one after another.
16
Search in the LORD's book of living creatures and read what it says. Not one of these creatures will be missing, and not one will be without its mate. The LORD has commanded it to be so; he himself will bring them together.
17
It is the LORD who will divide the land among them and give each of them a share. They will live in the land age after age, and it will belong to them forever.
Isaiah 63:1-7
1
"Who is this coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom? Who is this so splendidly dressed in red, marching along in power and strength?" It is the LORD, powerful to save, coming to announce his victory.
2
"Why is his clothing so red, like that of someone who tramples grapes to make wine?"
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The LORD answers, "I have trampled the nations like grapes, and no one came to help me. I trampled them in my anger, and their blood has stained all my clothing.
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I decided that the time to save my people had come; it was time to punish their enemies.
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I was amazed when I looked and saw that there was no one to help me. But my anger made me strong, and I won the victory myself.
6
In my anger I trampled whole nations and shattered them. I poured out their lifeblood on the ground."
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I will tell of the LORD's unfailing love; I praise him for all he has done for us. He has richly blessed the people of Israel because of his mercy and constant love.
Jeremiah 49:7-22
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This is what the LORD Almighty said about Edom: "Have the people of Edom lost their good judgment? Can their advisers no longer tell them what to do? Has all their wisdom disappeared?
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People of Dedan, turn and run! Hide! I am going to destroy Esau's descendants because the time has come for me to punish them.
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When people pick grapes, they leave a few on the vines, and when robbers come at night, they take only what they want.
10
But I have stripped Esau's descendants completely and uncovered their hiding places, so that they can no longer hide. All the people of Edom are destroyed. Not one of them is left.
11
Leave your orphans with me, and I will take care of them. Your widows can depend on me.
12
"If even those who did not deserve to be punished had to drink from the cup of punishment, do you think that you will go unpunished? No, you must drink from the cup!
13
I myself have sworn that the city of Bozrah will become a horrifying sight and a desert; people will make fun of it and use its name as a curse. All the nearby villages will be in ruins forever. I, the LORD, have spoken."
14
I said, "Edom, I have received a message from the LORD. He has sent a messenger to tell the nations to assemble their armies and to get ready to attack you.
15
The LORD is going to make you weak, and no one will respect you.
16
Your pride has deceived you. No one fears you as much as you think they do. You live on the rocky cliffs, high on top of the mountain; but even though you live as high up as an eagle, the LORD will bring you down. The LORD has spoken."
17
The LORD said, "The destruction that will come on Edom will be so terrible that everyone who passes by will be shocked and terrified.
18
The same thing will happen to Edom that happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when they and the nearby towns were destroyed. No one will ever live there again. I, the LORD, have spoken.
19
Like a lion coming out of the thick woods along the Jordan River up to the green pasture land, I will come and make the Edomites run away suddenly from their country. Then the leader I choose will rule the nation. Who can be compared to me? Who would dare challenge me? What ruler could oppose me?
20
So listen to the plan that I have made against the people of Edom, and to what I intend to do to the people of the city of Teman. Even their children will be dragged off, and everyone will be horrified.
21
When Edom falls, there will be such a noise that the entire earth will shake, and the cries of alarm will be heard as far away as the Gulf of Aqaba.
22
The enemy will attack Bozrah like an eagle swooping down with outspread wings. On that day Edom's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor."
Ezekiel 25:12-14
12
The Sovereign LORD said, "The people of Edom took cruel revenge on Judah, and that revenge has brought lasting guilt on Edom.
13
Now I announce that I will punish Edom and kill every person and animal there. I will make it a wasteland, from the city of Teman to the city of Dedan, and the people will be killed in battle.
14
My people Israel will take revenge on Edom for me, and they will make Edom feel my furious anger. Edom will know what it means to be the object of my revenge." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Ezekiel 35:1-15
2
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the country of Edom.
3
Tell the people what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: "I am your enemy, mountains of Edom! I will make you a desolate wasteland.
4
I will leave your cities in ruins And your land desolate; Then you will know that I am the LORD.
5
"You were Israel's constant enemy and let her people be slaughtered in the time of her disaster, the time of final punishment for her sins.
6
So then---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---death is your fate, and you cannot escape it. You are guilty of murder, and murder will follow you.
7
I will make the hill country of Edom a wasteland and kill everyone who travels through it.
8
I will cover the mountains with corpses, and the bodies of those who are killed in battle will cover the hills and valleys.
9
I will make you desolate forever, and no one will live in your cities again. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
10
"You said that the two nations, Judah and Israel, together with their lands, belonged to you and that you would possess them, even though I, the LORD, was their God.
11
So then, as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God, I will pay you back for your anger, your jealousy, and your hate toward my people. They will know that I am punishing you for what you did to them.
12
Then you will know that I, the LORD, heard you say with contempt that the mountains of Israel were desolate and that they were yours to devour.
13
I have heard the wild, boastful way you have talked against me."
14
The Sovereign LORD says, "I will make you so desolate that the whole world will rejoice at your downfall,
15
just as you rejoiced at the devastation of Israel, my own possession. The mountains of Seir, yes, all the land of Edom, will be desolate. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD."
Obadiah 1:1-14
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This is the prophecy of Obadiah---what the Sovereign LORD said about the nation of Edom. The LORD has sent his messenger to the nations, and we have heard his message: "Get ready! Let us go to war against Edom!"
2
The LORD says to Edom, "I will make you weak; everyone will despise you.
3
Your pride has deceived you. Your capital is a fortress of solid rock; your home is high in the mountains, and so you say to yourself, 'Who can ever pull me down?'
4
Even though you make your home as high as an eagle's nest, so that it seems to be among the stars, yet I will pull you down.
5
"When thieves come at night, they take only what they want. When people gather grapes, they always leave a few. But your enemies have wiped you out completely.
6
Descendants of Esau, your treasures have been looted.
7
Your allies have deceived you; they have driven you from your country. People who were at peace with you have now conquered you. Those friends who ate with you have laid a trap for you; they say of you, 'Where is all that cleverness he had?'
8
"On the day I punish Edom, I will destroy their clever men and wipe out all their wisdom.
9
The fighting men of Teman will be terrified, and every soldier in Edom will be killed.
10
"Because you robbed and killed your relatives, the descendants of Jacob, you will be destroyed and dishonored forever.
11
You stood aside on that day when enemies broke down their gates. You were as bad as those strangers who carried off Jerusalem's wealth and divided it among themselves.
12
You should not have gloated over the misfortune of your relatives in Judah. You should not have been glad on the day of their ruin. You should not have laughed at them in their distress.
13
You should not have entered the city of my people to gloat over their suffering and to seize their riches on the day of their disaster.
14
You should not have stood at the crossroads to catch those trying to escape. You should not have handed them over to the enemy on the day of their distress.
Malachi 1:4
If Esau's descendants, the Edomites, say, "Our towns have been destroyed, but we will rebuild them," then the LORD will reply, "Let them rebuild---I will tear them down again. People will call them 'The evil country' and 'The nation with whom the LORD is angry forever.' "
because
Genesis 27:40
You will live by your sword, But be your brother's slave. Yet when you rebel, You will break away from his control."
Genesis 27:41
Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob."
Numbers 20:14-21
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Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. They said, "This message is from your kinsmen, the tribes of Israel. You know the hardships we have suffered,
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how our ancestors went to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated our ancestors and us,
16
and we cried to the LORD for help. He heard our cry and sent an angel, who led us out of Egypt. Now we are at Kadesh, a town at the border of your territory.
17
Please permit us to pass through your land. We and our cattle will not leave the road or go into your fields or vineyards, and we will not drink from your wells. We will stay on the main road until we are out of your territory."
18
But the Edomites answered, "We refuse to let you pass through our country! If you try, we will march out and attack you."
19
The people of Israel said, "We will stay on the main road, and if we or our animals drink any of your water, we will pay for it---all we want is to pass through."
20
The Edomites repeated, "We refuse!" and they marched out with a powerful army to attack the people of Israel.
21
Because the Edomites would not let the Israelites pass through their territory, the Israelites turned and went another way.
Deuteronomy 2:4-8
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He told me to give you the following instructions 'You are about to go through the hill country of Edom, the territory of your distant relatives, the descendants of Esau. They will be afraid of you,
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but you must not start a war with them, because I am not going to give you so much as a square foot of their land. I have given Edom to Esau's descendants.
6
You may buy food and water from them.'
7
"Remember how the LORD your God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He has taken care of you as you wandered through this vast desert. He has been with you these forty years, and you have had everything you needed.
8
"So we moved on and left the road that goes from the towns of Elath and Eziongeber to the Dead Sea, and we turned northeast toward Moab.
Deuteronomy 23:7
"Do not despise the Edomites; they are your relatives. And do not despise the Egyptians; you once lived in their land.
2 Chronicles 28:17
Psalm 83:3-8
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They are making secret plans against your people; they are plotting against those you protect.
4
"Come," they say, "let us destroy their nation, so that Israel will be forgotten forever."
5
They agree on their plan and form an alliance against you:
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the people of Edom and the Ishmaelites; the people of Moab and the Hagrites;
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the people of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, and of Philistia and Tyre.
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Assyria has also joined them as a strong ally of the Ammonites and Moabites, the descendants of Lot.
Psalm 137:7
Remember, LORD, what the Edomites did the day Jerusalem was captured. Remember how they kept saying, "Tear it down to the ground!"
Lamentations 4:21
Laugh on, people of Edom and Uz; be glad while you can. Your disaster is coming too; you too will stagger naked in shame.
Lamentations 4:22
Zion has paid for her sin; the LORD will not keep us in exile any longer. But Edom, the LORD will punish you; he will expose your guilty acts.
Ezekiel 25:12
The Sovereign LORD said, "The people of Edom took cruel revenge on Judah, and that revenge has brought lasting guilt on Edom.
Ezekiel 35:5
"You were Israel's constant enemy and let her people be slaughtered in the time of her disaster, the time of final punishment for her sins.
Ezekiel 35:6
So then---as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God---death is your fate, and you cannot escape it. You are guilty of murder, and murder will follow you.
Ezekiel 35:11
So then, as surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God, I will pay you back for your anger, your jealousy, and your hate toward my people. They will know that I am punishing you for what you did to them.
Joel 3:19
"Egypt will become a desert, and Edom a ruined waste, because they attacked the land of Judah and killed its innocent people.
Obadiah 1:10-14
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"Because you robbed and killed your relatives, the descendants of Jacob, you will be destroyed and dishonored forever.
11
You stood aside on that day when enemies broke down their gates. You were as bad as those strangers who carried off Jerusalem's wealth and divided it among themselves.
12
You should not have gloated over the misfortune of your relatives in Judah. You should not have been glad on the day of their ruin. You should not have laughed at them in their distress.
13
You should not have entered the city of my people to gloat over their suffering and to seize their riches on the day of their disaster.
14
You should not have stood at the crossroads to catch those trying to escape. You should not have handed them over to the enemy on the day of their distress.
Malachi 1:2
The LORD says to his people, "I have always loved you." But they reply, "How have you shown your love for us?" The LORD answers, "Esau and Jacob were brothers, but I have loved Jacob and his descendants,
kept
Psalm 85:5
Will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger never cease?
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Keep your temper under control; it is foolish to harbor a grudge.
Isaiah 57:16
I gave my people life, and I will not continue to accuse them or be angry with them forever.
Micah 7:18
There is no other god like you, O LORD; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.
Ephesians 4:26
If you become angry, do not let your anger lead you into sin, and do not stay angry all day.
Ephesians 4:27
Don't give the Devil a chance.
Ephesians 5:1
Since you are God's dear children, you must try to be like him.