For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.
For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
The Edomites took advantage of the reverses of Ahaz, and were perhaps in league with Rezin (see 2 Kings 16:6 note). The pitilessness of Edom, and her readiness to turn against Judah in any severe distress, is noticed and sternly rebuked by the prophets (Amos 1:11; Ezekiel 35:5; Obadiah 1:10-14, etc.).