therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman. They will fall by the sword even to Dedan.
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therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman. They will fall by the sword even to Dedan.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Deuteronomy 23:7 forbids Israel from despising the Edomite because he is a brother, but later texts — 2 Kings 14, Ezekiel 25, and the entire book of Obadiah — celebrate the slaughter and complete destruction of Edom as righteous divine policy.
Critical scholarship: Leans toward a genuine contradiction.
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"Ezekiel 25:13 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/ezekiel/25/13?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).