desolate Idumea. It shall be the agency of God that shall bring them up upon the land to occupy it for ever. 17. And he hath cast the lot for them. He hath assigned to them the land of Edom to be occupied by them as their portion. This language is taken from the fact that countries were commonly apportioned, particularly among conquerors, by the lot. In this way Judea was divided among the tribes of Israel (Num. 26:55, 56). His hand hath divided it unto them by line. He has marked out, as a surveyor