Bible Commentary

But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 17. But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance ] Unlike Edom ( Oba 1:9) and the other heathen nations ( Oba 1:16) whose destruction will be complete, Israel even in her worst calamities shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:17”

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, [so] shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. For as ye have drunk – Revelry always followed pagan victory; often, desecration. The Romans bore in triumph the vessels … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:16”

For the day of the LORD [is] near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 15. The day of the Lord ] The order of the words, “for near is the day of the Lord,” accords with the fact that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:15”

Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 14. Neither shouldest thou have stood delivered up ] rather, stand not, deliver not up. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:14”

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid [hands] on their substance in the day of their calamity; 13. Thou shouldest not have entered looked laid hands ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:13”

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. 12. Thou shouldest not have looked have rejoiced … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:12”

In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou [wast] as one of them. 11. In the day that thou stoodest ] lit. in the day of thy standing. Nothing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:11”

For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever. 10. Thy brother Jacob ] This was the great aggravation of the violence. “Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother,” was the command of God to the Jews (Deu 23:7). Treachery from friends … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:10”

And thy mighty [men], O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. 9. by slaughter ] i.e. by slaughter inflicted on them by their enemies. This is the simplest and most natural meaning. It might be rendered, as the same preposition … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:9”

Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise [men] out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 8. destroy the wise men ] i.e. so deprive them of their wisdom that they shall cease to be wise men. Comp. Jer 49:7, “Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:8”