# How Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures looted

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "Ah, enemies will ransack Esau; just as they have looted his hidden treasures" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])

# Esau

The people of Edom were the descendants of Esau. Therefore, in this book "Edom" and "Esau" refer to the same group of people.

# had been ransacked

This means the enemies will search through Esau's things, they will take everything valuable, and leave everything else in a mess or damaged.