1:9 Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, 1
so that 2 everyone 3 will be destroyed 4 from Esau’s mountain!
1 sn Teman, like Sela, was a prominent city of Edom. The name Teman is derived from the name of a grandson of Esau (cf. Gen 36:11). Here it is a synecdoche of part for whole, standing for all of Edom.
2 tn The Hebrew word used here (לְמַעַן, lÿma’an) usually expresses purpose. The sense in this context, however, is more likely that of result.
3 tn Heb “a man,” meaning “every single person” here; cf. KJV “every one.”
4 tn Heb “cut off” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV, NLT “cut down”; CEV “wiped out.”