A report from the Lord . . . This just in - God is bringing nations against Edom in battle. As a result of the coming battle, God will make Edom small among the nations and greatly despised . This helps explain why God is bringing judgment against Edom. They are filled with pride , and it has deceived them.
Pride is very deceptive .
It makes us think things about ourselves and others that simply are not true. The Edomites were not the last people deceived by pride . They were a small, relatively poor and insignificant nation. Yet what they could be proud about, they were - they lived in an area of great natural fortifications and strength, so they boasted in the clefts of the rock around them. Pride is so ingrained in fallen human nature that even if we don t have much to be proud about, we ll find something to exalt our self.