³恶 以扫 ，使 他的山岭 荒凉 ，把他的地业 交给旷野 的野狗 。

³And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

³ Verse 3. And I hated Esau] I have shown him less love;

Ge 29:30, 31. I comparatively

hated him by giving him an inferior lot. And now, I have not

only laid waste the dwelling-place of the Edomites, by the

incursions of their enemies; but (Mal 1:4) they shall remain the

perpetual monuments of my vengeance. On the subject of loving

Jacob and hating Esau, see the notes on Ge 27:21-46, and

Ro 9:13. Let it be remembered, 1. That there is not a word

spoken here concerning the eternal state of either Jacob or Esau.

2. That what is spoken concerns merely their earthly possessions.

And, 3. That it does not concern the two brothers at all, but the

posterity of each.