Numbers 24:18
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
And Edom shall be a possession,.... Of the children of Israel, which was fulfilled in part when the Edomites became the servants of David, 2 Samuel 8:14 and when they were smitten and spoiled by Judas Maccabeus,
them a great overthrow, and abated their courage, and took their spoils.'' (1 Maccabees 5:3)
and still more so when all the Edomites or the Idumaeans were subdued by Hyrcanus, and they became one people with the Jews, and conformed to their religious rites; which is not only related by Josephus {n}, but by Strabo {o}, an Heathen historian, who says, that they joined themselves to the Jews, and embraced their laws: but in a spiritual sense this has had a greater accomplishment in the calling of the Gentiles, and introducing them into the church of God; see Amos 9:12 compared with Acts 15:14.
Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; which was a mount in the land of Edom where Esau formerly dwelt, and so signifies the same as before: and also that the most strong and fortified places of the land should fall into the hands of their enemies; See Gill on "Obadiah 1:17" See Gill on "Obadiah 1:18" See Gill on "Obadiah 1:19"
Israel shall do valiantly; in fighting with and conquering the Edomites, or shall get much wealth and riches by the spoil of them, see
Psalms 60:9. This, and the following verse, are in some ancient writings of the Jews {p} interpreted of the times of the Messiah.
{n} Antiqu. l. 13. c. 9. sect. 1.
{o} Geograph. l. 16. p. 523.
{p} Zohar in Numb. fol. 85. 4. & 86. 1.