* Hata hivyo, karne moja baada ya uvamizi wa Nabonido wa bara hilo, Edomu yenye uhakika ingali ilitumaini kujitokeza tena, na kuhusu hilo, Malaki 1:4 yaripoti hivi: “Ijapokuwa Edomu asema, Tumepondwa-pondwa, lakini tutarudi na kupajenga mahali palipoachwa hali ya ukiwa; BWANA [Yehova, NW] wa majeshi asema hivi, Wao watajenga, bali mimi nitaangusha.”
* Nevertheless, a century after Nabonidus’ invasion of the land, confident Edom still hoped to make a comeback, and concerning it, Malachi 1:4 reports: “Because Edom keeps saying, ‘We have been shattered, but we shall return and build the devastated places,’ this is what Jehovah of armies has said, ‘They, for their part, will build; but I, for my part, shall tear down.’”jw2019 jw2019