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Edom’s Treachery Against Judah

1:10“Because46 you violently slaughtered47 your relatives,48 the people of Jacob,49

shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed50 forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 46 Heb “from.” The preposition is used here with a causal sense.
  2. 47 Heb “because of the slaughter and because of the violence.” These two expressions form a hendiadys meaning “because of the violent slaughter.” Traditional understanding connects the first phrase “because of the slaughter” with the end of v. 9 (cf. , , , ). It is preferable, however, to regard it as parallel to the reference to violence at the beginning of v. 11. Both the parallel linguistic structure of the two phrases and the metrical structure of the verse favor connecting this phrase with the beginning of v. 10 (cf. , ).
  3. 48 Heb “the violence of your brother.” The genitive construction is to be understood as an objective genitive. The meaning is not that Jacob has perpetrated violence (= subjective genitive), but that violence has been committed against him (= objective genitive).
  4. 49 Heb “your brother Jacob” (so , , , ); “your relatives, the Israelites.”
  5. 50 Heb “be cut off” (so , , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

and you shall be cut off forever.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob,

you will be covered with shame;

you will be destroyed forever.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You will be covered with shame

and destroyed forever

because of violence done to your brother Jacob.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Because of the violence you did

to your close relatives in Israel,

you will be filled with shame

and destroyed forever.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you and you will be cut off forever.

KJV 1900King James Version

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee,

And thou shalt be cut off for ever.