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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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:14

Verse 14 It follows, And thou shouldest not stand on the going forth. The word פרק perek signifies to break, to dissipate, to rend; hence פרק perek, as a noun, in Hebrew means rending and breaking. Therefore some take it metaphorically for a place where two ways meet, when one road is cut or divided into two. When the two meet then there is a going forth by two ways; hence they take פרק, perek, for such a place. But we may simply take it for the rending of the people. Though I am certainly... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:15

Verse 15 By saying that the day of Jehovah was nigh upon all nations, the Prophet may be regarded as reasoning from the greater to the less: “If God will not spare other nations, how canst thou escape his hand?” In a like manner does Jeremiah speak in chapter 49, (Jeremiah 49:12) he addresses the Idumeans in these words, ‘Behold, they shall drink of the cup, who have not been by judgment condemned to drink; and shalt thou not taste? by drinking thou shalt drink to the very dregs. He shows then... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:16

Verse 16 Here Obadiah proceeds farther and says, that God would revenge the wrongs done to his Church. The declaration in the last verse was general, “Behold, on all the nations the day of Jehovah is nigh; as then thou hast done, God will repay thee:” but now he shows that this would be, because God purposed to defend his own servants, (clientes — clients;) and as they had been cruelly treated, he would become the avenger of their wrongs; As then ye have drunk on my holy mountain, etc. The... 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

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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

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-14

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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