Ezekiel 36:5

36:5 therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.’

Isaiah 34:5-6

34:5 He says, ¹  “Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. ² 

Look, it now descends on Edom, ³ 

on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”

34:6 The Lord’s sword is dripping with blood,

it is covered ⁴  with fat;

it drips ⁵  with the blood of young rams and goats

and is covered ⁶  with the fat of rams’ kidneys.

For the Lord is holding a sacrifice ⁷  in Bozrah, ⁸ 

a bloody ⁹  slaughter in the land of Edom.

Mark 3:8

3:8 Jerusalem, ¹⁰  Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, ¹¹  and around Tyre ¹²  and Sidon ¹³  a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

¹ tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Lord speaks at this point.

² tn Heb “indeed [or “for”] my sword is drenched in the heavens.” The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has תראה (“[my sword] appeared [in the heavens]”), but this is apparently an attempt to make sense out of a difficult metaphor. Cf. NIV “My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens.”

³ sn Edom is mentioned here as epitomizing the hostile nations that oppose God.

⁴ tn The verb is a rare Hotpaal passive form. See GKC 150 §54.h.

⁵ tn The words “it drips” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn The words “and is covered” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “for there is a sacrifice to the Lord.”

⁸ sn The Lord’s judgment of Edom is compared to a bloody sacrificial scene.

⁹ tn Heb “great” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

¹⁰ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹¹ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity. The region referred to here is sometimes known as Transjordan (i.e., “across the Jordan”).

¹² map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

¹³ sn These last two locations, Tyre and Sidon, represented an expansion outside of traditional Jewish territory. Jesus’ reputation continued to expand into new regions.