6<\/strong>. the things of Esau<\/em> ] lit. how are they searched out, Esau;<\/em> i. e. everything, people and property alike, that belongs to Esau.<\/p>\n his hidden things<\/em> ] rather places<\/strong>; his treasure-houses and receptacles hewn in the secret places of the rocks, and inaccessible as he thought them. Comp. Jer 49:10<\/span>. Hidden treasures<\/em>, R.V.<\/p>\n How are the things of Esau searched out! – <\/B>literally, How are Esau, out searched! i. e., Esau, as a whole and in all its parts and in all its belongings, all its people and all its property, one and all. The name Esau speaks of them as a whole; the plural verb, are outsearched, represents all its parts. The word signifies a diligent search and tracking out, as in Zephaniah Zep 1:12<\/span>, I will search out Jerusalem with candles, as a man holdeth a light in every dark corner, in seeking diligently some small thing which has been lost. The hidden things, i. e., his hidden treasures, are sought up. The enemy who should come upon him, should make no passing foray, but should abide there, seeking out of their holes in the rocks, themselves and their treasures. Petra, through its rocky ramparts, was well suited, as Nineveh in the huge circuit of its massive walls was well built, to be the receptacle of rapine.<\/P> And now it was gathered, as rapine is, first or last, for the spoiler. It was safe stored up there, to be had for the seeking. No exit, no way of escape. Edom, lately so full of malicious energy, so proud, should lie at the proud foot of its conqueror, passive as the sheep in this large shamble, or as the inanimate hoards which they had laid up and which were now tracked out. Soon after Obadiahs prophecy, Judah, under Ahaz, lost again to Syria, Elath 2Ki 14:6<\/span>, which it had now under Uzziah recovered 2Ki 14:22<\/span>. The Jews were replaced, it is uncertain whether by Edomites or by some tribe of Syrians. If Syrians, they were then friendly; if Edomites, Elath itself must, on the nearby captivity of Syria, have become the absolute possession of Edom. Either way, commerce again poured its wealth into Edom. To what end? To be possessed and to aggrandize Edom, thought her wealthy and her wise men; to be searched out and plundered, said the word of God. And it was so.<\/P> <\/p>\n Oba 1:6-9<\/span><\/p>\n How are the things of Esau searched out! <\/em><\/p>\n Hidden things searched out<\/strong><\/p>\n All that any test or trial can do is to show what was in us already.<\/p>\n In many places of the East there is the horrible disease called leprosy. When a man is feeling ill they have a curious way of discovering whether he has leprosy or not. They light a candle and put salt on the wick, and the face of every one who has not leprosy is white or pale, but if leprosy is in any ones blood, crimson spots appear on his face. The same thing can be done by the camera; a photograph will reveal the spots when the natural eye cannot see them. You sometimes do what, a moment before, you never thought you possibly could have done, and mother says she could not have believed it of you; yet it has been done. Hows that? Simply because it was in your heart before, and only wanted the opportunity to come out. (J. Reid Howatt.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n God in retribution<\/strong><\/p>\n Mans sin is, that he puts his confidence on objects unworthy and unsafe. The Edomites trusted to the insecure.<\/p>\n Esau; <\/B>the father of this people, and here put for his posterity. All that the Edomites had laid up in the most secret places, in unsearchable caves, and deep abysses of hollow rocks, how are all his treasures found out, seized, and brought forth a prey to greedy soldiers! How durst they adventure here? <\/P> <\/p>\n 6. How are <\/B>the things of<\/B><\/I>Esau searched out!<\/B>by hostile soldiers seeking booty. Comparewith Oba 1:5<\/span>; Oba 1:6<\/span>;Jer 49:9<\/span>; Jer 49:10<\/span>.<\/P> hidden things<\/B>or”places.” Edom abounded in such hiding-places, as caves,clefts in the rock, &c. None of these would be left unexplored bythe foe.<\/P><\/p>\n How are [the things] of Esau searched out<\/strong>!…. Or how are the Esauites, the posterity of Esau, sought out! though they dwelt in the clefts of the rocks, and hid themselves in caves and dens, yet their enemies searched them, and found there, and plucked them out from thence, so that none escaped:<\/p>\n [how] are his hid things sought up<\/strong>! his riches, wealth and treasure, hid in fortresses, in rocks and caves, where they were thought to be safe, and judged inaccessible; or that an enemy would not have ventured in search of them there; and yet these should be sought after and found by the greedy, and diligent, and venturous soldier, and carried off; which was the case of the Edomites by the Chaldeans, and will be of the antichristian states by the kings of the earth, Re 17:16<\/span>; see<\/p>\n Jer 49:10<\/span>.<\/p>\n He confirms the former sentence, — that the Idumeans in vain trusted that their riches would be safe, because they had hidden and deep recesses. Even when a country is plundered by enemies, the conquerors dare not to come to places of danger; when there are narrow passes, they avoid them, for they think that there is there some evil design. Hence conquerors, fearing hidden places, plunder only those which are open, and always consider well whether their advance is safe: but Idumea, as we have said, had hidden recesses, for its rocks were almost inaccessible, and there were many conveniences there for hiding and concealing its riches. But the Prophet says, that all this would be useless: and that he might more effectually rouse them, he speaks with astonishment, as of something incredible. How have been sought the things of Esau, and thoroughly searched his hidden places! Who could have thought this? for they might have concealed their treasures in rocks and caverns, and thence repelled their enemies. But in vain would be all their attempts: how could this possibly be? Here then he awakens the minds of men, that they might acknowledge the judgment of God; and at the same time he laughs to scorn the vain confidence with which the Idumeans were inflated; and besides, he strengthens the minds of the godly, that they might not doubt but that God would perform what he declares, for he can indeed penetrate even to the lowest deep. <\/p>\n In short, the Prophet intimates that the faithful did not act wisely, if they measured God’s vengeance, which was impending on the Idumeans, by their own understanding or by what usually happens; for the Lord would make a thorough search, so that no hiding-places would escape his sight; and then all their treasures would be exposed as a prey to their enemies. We hence learn, that as men in vain seek hiding places for themselves that they may be safe from dangers; so in vain they conceal their riches; for the hand of God can penetrate beyond the sea, land, heaven, and the lowest deep. Nothing then remains for us but ever to offer ourselves and all our things to God. If he protects us under his wings, we shall be safe in the midst of innumerable dangers; but if we think that subterfuges will be of any avail to us, we deceive ourselves. The Prophet now adds — <\/p>\n Oba 1:6 How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought up!<\/p>\n Ver. 6. How are the things of Esau searched out!<\/strong> ] Or, as Drusius reads it, How are the posterity of Esau searched out! the men to the slaughter, the wealth to the spoil! what cunning and daring soldiers were these to pry into every corner for prey, and to pull them out of every lurking hole, where they might have been circumvented and butchered, in those dark and narrow places: this shows surely that they were both armed and animated by God himself. Confer Joe 2:6-9<\/span> , but especially Jer 49:10-11<\/span> , where you have the full of that which is here but abridged; and therefore this verse hath not so much as an Athnach in it for distinction. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n How are his hid things sought out!<\/strong> ] i.e.<\/em> his treasures and jewels, which have their name in Hebrew from hiding, because men used to secret and secure them with utmost care and diligence. See Mat 13:44<\/span> ; hence they are called treasures of darkness, Isa 45:3<\/span> ; see Job 3:21<\/span> . Abundance of this was found at Constantinople, taken by the Turks; so that the soldiers divided it among themselves by hatfuls, wondering at their wealth, and deriding their folly, that possessing so much, they would bestow so little in defence of themselves and their country, lost by their tenacity and niggardice. And the same is reported of Heidelberg. This that is here threatened against Edom was accordingly executed in the fifth year after the destruction of Jerusalem, saith Josephus; Nebuchadnezzar, in the 23rd year of his reign, invading and wasting Idumea. Ill-gotten goods prosper not. Men rake together their riches, and know not who shall gather them, Psa 39:6<\/span> . But, “let no man go beyond and defraud another: for God is the avenger of all such,” 1Th 4:6<\/span> . They do best that renounce, with St Paul, those hidden things of dishonesty, 2Co 4:2<\/span> , not walking in craftiness, nor making haste to be rich; for treasures of wickedness profit not, Pro 10:2<\/span> ; and when God comes by his judgments to turn the bottom of the bag upwards, as Joseph’s steward once did, all our secret thefts will out. See Ecc 12:14<\/span> .<\/p>\n How . . . ! Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. <\/p>\n searched out: i.e. discovered by the enemies. Ginsburg thinks it should be read “stripped bare”. <\/p>\n are the: Psa 139:1, Isa 10:13, Isa 10:14, Isa 45:3, Jer 49:10, Jer 50:37, Mat 6:19, Mat 6:20 <\/p>\n how are his: Dan 2:22 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jer 6:9 – They shall Jer 49:9 – grapegatherers Zep 1:12 – that I<\/p>\n Oba 1:6. This verse is another prediction in the form of an exclamation, and corresponds with the thought of the preceding paragraph.<\/p>\n How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought up! 6. the things of Esau ] lit. how are they searched out, Esau; i. e. everything, people and property alike, that belongs to Esau. his hidden things ] rather places; his treasure-houses and receptacles hewn in the secret places of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Obadiah 1:6”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>Did they trust to their material defences? These are worthless. The cities of Edom consisted of houses mostly cut in the rocks, Nations may trust to their material defences, their armies, navies, fortifications; but they are as stubble to the raging fire when justice begins its work. Individuals may trust to their wealth, to material science and medical skill, to preserve their bodily lives; but when justice sends forth its emissary–death, what are these defences? Nothing; less than nothing, vanity.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>Did they trust to their pledged confederates: these were worthless All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the borders. etc. Those confederates were probably Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, with whom the Edomites joined in resisting Nebuchadnezzar; but these <\/strong>failed them, probably turned against them: and even their friends who were at peace with them and ate their bread deceived them in their hour of trial. To no quarter could the Idumeans look for aid. Their allies, their neighbours, their very dependants, so far from assisting them, would act treacherously towards them, and employ every means both of an open and covert nature to effect their ruin. How often it happens that, when men get into adverse circumstances, their old allies, professed friends, those who have often partaken of their hospitality, not only fail them but turn against them. Cursed is the man that trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>Did they trust to the wisdom of their great men; this was worthless. 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? The Idumeans confided not only in the natural strength of their country, but in the superiority of their intellectual talent. That they excelled in the arts and sciences is abundantly proved by the numerous traces of them in the Book of Job, which wins undoubtedly written in their country. They were indeed proverbial for their philosophy, for the cultivation of which their intercourse with Babylon and Egypt was exceedingly favourable, as were likewise their means of acquiring information from the numerous caravans whose route lay through, their country, thus forming a chain of communication between Europe and India.–Henderson. Yet what is the wisdom, of man to trust in? He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.<\/p>\n
IV. <\/strong>Did they trust to the power of their mighty men: this was worthless. 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. Delitzsch renders this, And thy heroes despair, O Teman. Teman was the proper name of the southern portion of Idumea, called so after Tema, a grandson of Esau. Men trust in their heroes. A false confidence this also! God, by a breath of pestilence, can wither all the armies of Europe in an instant. Men who trust in anything short of God are like the man who in a thunderstorm takes shelter under a tree, whose tall branches attract the lightning which scorches him to ashes. (Homilist.<\/em>)<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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