11. It sounds like Edom attacked Israel or Judah without mercy, even though the two peoples are related: "he pursued his brother with the sword, while he stifled his compassion." (Esau was the brother of Jacob.)
Edom attacked Israel or Judah angrily: "His anger also tore continually, and he maintained his fury forever."
12. As a punishment, God will bring destruction on Edom: "I will send fire upon Teman, and it will consume the citzdels of Bozrah."
Bozrah and Teman were cities in Edom.
This description sounds as if it is describing what the Edomites do when the Babylonians conquer Jerusalem.
Jeremiah: "'I have sworn by Myself,' says the LORD, 'that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become a perpetual ruin.' (48:13)
Also Psalm 137: "Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, who said, 'Raze it, raze it, to its very foundation.'" (137:7)
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