Obadiah 1:10 NIV

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Obadiah 1:10

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob - To Israel God had commanded: (Deuteronomy 23:7-8 (Deuteronomy 23:8, Deuteronomy 23:9 in the Hebrew text)), “Thou shalt not abbor an Edomite, for he is thy brother. The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.” Edom did the contrary to all this. “Violence” includes all sorts of ill treatment, from one with whom “might is right,” “because it is in the power of their hand” Micah 2:2. to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Obadiah 1:10-11

Obadiah 1:10-11. For thy violence against thy brother Jacob Because of the injury thou hast done to the people of Judea, who are descended from Jacob, the brother of Esau, your progenitor: see note on Amos 1:11. Shame shall cover thee Contempt and reproach shall be cast upon thee by all that hear of thy conduct; and thou shalt be cut off for ever So great a slaughter shall be made of thy inhabitants, that thou shalt never recover it; and at last thou shalt be quite dispossessed of thy... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:1-14

OBADIAH’S MESSAGEEdom’s sin (1-14)The Edomites thought their land was unconquerable because of the defence system that they had built throughout their rocky mountains. Obadiah warns them that no matter how high up the mountains they go or how strong they make their defences, nothing will save them from the coming destruction. Already the enemy armies are preparing to attack Edom (1-4).A house burglar steals only what he wants, and leaves the remainder of the goods in the house; a vineyard... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Obadiah 1:10

thy violence, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 27:41-44 .Deuteronomy 23:7; Deuteronomy 23:7 ). App-92 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Obadiah 1:10

"For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever."(See the comments under the preceding verse.) Here the reason for God's severe judgment is emphatically announced. It was not because of some single act of passion, but for an entire history of hatred and opposition to God's purpose. They had refused to allow the Israelites passage through their territory into the promised land in the times of Moses (Numbers 20:14-21). They warred against... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Obadiah 1:10

10. against thy brother—This aggravates the sin of Esau, that it was against him who was his brother by birth and by circumcision. The posterity of Esau followed in the steps of their father's hatred to Jacob by violence against Jacob's seed (Genesis 27:41). Jacob—not merely his own brother, but his twin brother; hence the name Jacob, not Israel, is here put emphatically. Compare Genesis 27:41- : for the opposite feeling which Jacob's seed was commanded to entertain towards Edom's. shame . . .... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Obadiah 1:10

A. The Statement of the Charge Obadiah 1:10Pride was not the only reason God would humble Edom. The Edomites had also cursed the people whom God had purposed to bless, the Israelites (cf. Genesis 27:40-41; Exodus 15:15; Numbers 20:14-21; Deuteronomy 2:4; Judges 11:17-18; 1 Samuel 14:47-48; 2 Samuel 8:13-14; 1 Kings 11:15-16; 1 Chronicles 18:11-13; Psalms 60; et al.). In doing this they had incurred God’s wrath (Genesis 12:3). "Violence" (Heb. hamas) includes both moral wrong and physical... read more