Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Desolation. Cambyses laid it waste for three years, as Ochus did afterwards.
Edom. Judas and Hircan punished them for their former barbarity, Psalm cxxxvi. 7., and 2 Machabees x. 16., and Ezechiel xxv. 12. (Calmet)
