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I have made thee small - Thy reduction to insignificance is as sure as if it were already accomplished; therefore the past tense is used [Maurer]. Edom then extended from Dedan of Arabia to Bozrah in the north (Jer 49:8, Jer 49:13). Calvin explains it, “Whereas thou wast made by Me an insignificant people, why art thou so proud” (Oba 1:3)? But if so, why should the heathen peoples be needed to subdue one so insignificant? Jer 49:15, confirms Maurer’s view.