Psa 137:7, Eze 36:5 | JFB | STEP | 7-9. Remember . . . the children of Edom —(Compare ), that is, to punish. the day of Jerusalem

Psalms 137:7

7-9. Remember . . . the children of Edom—(Compare Ps 132:1), that is, to punish.

the day of Jerusalem—its downfall (La 4:21, 22; Ob 11-13).

Ezekiel 36:5

5. to cast it out for a prey—that is, to take the land for a prey, its inhabitants being cast out. Or the land is compared to a prey cast forth to wild beasts. FAIRBAIRN needlessly alters the Hebrew pointing and translates, "that they may plunder its pasturage."