“For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.”
The statement that the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations as you have done it shall be done to you and your deeds shall return upon your own head indicates the lex talionis operating on the national level, that the violence perpetrated against Israel will be returned upon Edom. The certainty of the day of the LORD and its proximity emphasizes its inevitability.
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