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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:12

Verse 12 The Prophet enumerates here the kinds of cruelty which the Idumeans exercised towards the Church of God, the children of Abraham, their own kindred. But he speaks by way of prohibition; it is then a personification, by which the Prophet introduces God as the speaker, as though he taught and admonished them on the duties of human kindness. Engraven, indeed, on their hearts ought all these to have been, on account of which he now reproaches them; for by forgetting humanity they had... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:13

Verse 13 It follows, Thou shouldest not enter the gates of my people in the day of their destruction, nor shouldest thou look on in their calamity. Probably the Idumeans had made an irruption in company with the Assyrians and Chaldeans, when they ought to have remained at home, and there to lament the slaughter of their brethren. For if I cannot save my friend from death or from a calamity, I shall yet withdraw myself, for I could not bear to look on: but were I constrained to look on my... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:1-16

Part I. THE DESTRUCTION OF EDOM, AND THE CAUSE THEREOF. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob. The special action to which Obadiah alludes, and which he particularizes in the following verses, occurred at the time of the invasion of Judaea by Philistines and Arabians during the reign of Jehoram, when the Edomites sided with the enemy, and acted as the prophet intimates ( 2 Chronicles 21:16 , etc.; see Introduction, § III .). The iniquity of such conduct is aggravated by the fact that the victim was the "brother Jacob," who was commanded... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-11

Social cruelty: 2. Perpetrated against a brother specially offensive to God. "For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever," etc. The cruelty here is not the cruelty merely of one man against another, but of one who is in close natural relationship to the other—children of the same parents. Strange as it may be, it is nevertheless a fact that a Brother's enmity is often the most savage and unrelenting. How can this fact be accounted... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-14

§ 2. The cause of Edom ' s destruction . This punishment falls upon her as the result of the malice and unfriendliness which she has displayed to wards Israel in the time of calamity, in that she rejoiced at her sister's disaster and took part with her enemies. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-14

A neighbour's cruelty. The prophet deeply feels the injury which Esau has inflicted upon Israel, and the language of this passage gives evidence of a heart deeply aggrieved and wronged and distressed. We have, indeed, in these verses an example of the length to which the cruelty of man can go. I. THE DETAILS OF THIS CRUELTY . 1 . Edom is charged with siding with foreigners against Jerusalem in the day when the city was assaulted and taken. 2 . And with rejoicing over... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-14

Edom's cruelty. Here one of the great sins of Edom is denounced in very forcible language. Notice the succession of pointed sentences. "Thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother." The eyes were in the transgression. Hagar, we read, could not look upon Ishmael in his distress. But Edom could look on afflicted Jacob. "Thou shouldest not have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction." The emotions were in the transgression. "Love rejoiceth not in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-14

An old sin. "For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever. 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," etc. These words present to us an old sin in one or two aspects. I. HERE IS AN OLD SIN WORKING IN THE HISTORY OF POSTERITY . "For thy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-16

Social cruelty: 1. A sin against the Creator. "For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever," etc. Social cruelty is the grand subject of these verses, and the cruelty is that which one brother perpetrates on another—Esau on Jacob. "Wrong or violence is all the more reprehensible when it is committed against a brother. The fraternal relation in which Edom stood towards Judah is still more sharply defined by the name Jacob, since Esau... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:13

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The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-14

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