Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Obadiah 1:15-16
CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:15. For] Resumptive from Obadiah 1:10. Righteous retribution in kind. Obadiah 1:16.] The greatest crime the desecration of the holy mountain by drinking carousals, for which all nations are to drink of God’s wrath till utterly destroyed. Not been] (Job 10:19); not a trace of national existence left (Psalms 37:36; Ezekiel 26:21). HOMILETICSTHE DAY OF RETRIBUTION.—Obadiah 1:15-16Another warning of judgment to come. All men are amenable to law. God notices violations of... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Obadiah 1:16
This, with some, is a confirmation of what is threatened against Edom, yet others make this verse the beginning of the consolatory sermon to Judah, and either suits well with the context. As ye, O Edomites, or ye, O Jews. Have drunk: if you interpret this drinking as feasting, revelling, and carousing, it is to be applied to the Edomites and others, who triumphed first by their arms, next in their cups, over conquered Judah. Upon my holy mountain; either the whole land, or Jerusalem, or the... read more