10. It--The burning pitch, &c.
(Isa 34:9).
smoke . . . for ever--
(Re 14:11;
18:18; 19:3).
generation to generation--
(Mal 1:4).
none . . . pass through--Edom's original offense was:
they would not let Israel pass through their land in peace to
Canaan: God recompenses them in kind, no traveller shall pass
through Edom. VOLNEY, the infidel, was forced
to confirm the truth of this prophecy: "From the reports of the Arabs,
southeast of the Dead Sea, within three days' journey are
upwards of thirty ruined towns, absolutely deserted."
JFB.
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