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Concerning Edom - a distinct prophecy, copied in part from Obadiah, but with the freedom of one himself inspired and foretelling a later calamity. Obadiah’s was fulfilled probably in Sennacherib’s time (compare Isa 34:5; Amo 1:11); Jeremiah’s about the same time as his preceding prophecies (Jer 49:12; Eze 25:12).
wisdom - for which the Arabs and the people of Teman (a city of Edom) in particular, were famed (Gen 36:15; 1Ki 4:30; see Job, everywhere; Oba 1:8).
vanished - literally, “poured out,” that is, exhausted (compare Isa 19:3, Margin) [Maurer]. Or, as the kindred Ethiopic word means, “worn out” [Ludovicus De Dieu].