1)

What is the meaning of "Ki Rivesah va'Shamayim Charbi"?

1.

Rashi: [My sword was satiated] to kill the Sarim above. Afterwards it will descend on Amalek. No nation is stricken below until its Sar above is stricken.

2.

Radak: My sword in Shamayim will be satiated with the blood of these bodies. This is a metaphor, for decrees descend from Shamayim.

3.

Malbim: The verse depicts Hashem's sword as an entity that tears, and eats the bodies of the killed and their fat.

2)

Why does it say "Al Edom Tered... l'Mishpat"?

1.

Malbim: Do not say that I will do so without Mishpat. After My sword will be satiated in Shamayim (against the Sarim, it will take vengeance without Mishpat), afterwards it will descend on Edom b'Mishpat - "v'Shafateti Oso" (Yechezkel 38:22). Edom is the known nation that serves idols and stars.

3)

What is "Am Chermi"?

1.

Rashi: The nation of My war. This is like it says 'our Mishnah was taught at a time of Cheirum' (Kesuvos 17b). Also "Es Ish Chermi" (Melachim I, 20:42, refers to war).

2.

Radak: (On whom will this sword descend from Shamayim?) On the nation that I want to be Macharim, to judge them for doing evil to Yisrael.

3.

Malbim: Batzrah was the primary city of Edom's Emunah. Their head priest dwelled there. It is Am Chermi - I have a quarrel of Emunah with them. I will come to Mishpat with Edom and Batzrah.

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