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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Obadiah 1:10-14

II. EDOM’S CRIMES AGAINST JUDAH Obadiah 1:10-14Obadiah 1:10 summarizes what Obadiah 1:11-14 detail in the same way Obadiah 1:1 did in relation to Obadiah 1:2-9. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Obadiah 1:11

God cited one specific instance of Edom’s violence against her brother, but as I explained in the introduction, which instance is unclear. Edom’s treachery against Judah had taken place on a particular "day" in the past. Likewise God’s judgment would come on a particular "day" yet future (Obadiah 1:8). "Day" does not always refer to a period of 12 or 24 hours in the Bible. It sometimes refers to a longer period of time but one that is distinguishable as a period of time (e.g., Genesis 2:4). The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Obadiah 1:12-13

God reinforced the seriousness of the Edomites’ sin by condemning it in parallel terminology eight times (Obadiah 1:12-14). Compare the same parallel structure in Obadiah 1:7 where there is a threefold positive reiteration. There is also a pun in the Hebrew text since the word for "disaster" (’edam) is similar to the word "Edom" (’edom). Hostile attitudes more than physical violence were Edom’s sins against the Israelites on this occasion. Blood ties should have transcended even covenant ties.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Obadiah 1:10-16

10-16.—THE DIVINE SENTENCE JUSTIFIED BY EDOM’S GUILT.This justification takes the form of a warning against a repetition of the crimes which have already called forth the sentence of Divine wrath against Edom. Various acts of hostility and treachery towards Israel are specified by the prophet, in a manner to lead to the feeling that though his tone is prohibitory, he is recalling instances of past malignity on Edom’s part, as types of what might be found in the future.(10) For thy violence . .... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:1-21

EDOM AND ISRAELObadiah 1:1-21IF the Book of Obadiah presents us with some of the most difficult questions of criticism, it raises besides one of the hardest ethical problems in all the vexed history of Israel.Israel’s fate has been to work out their calling in the world through antipathies rather than by sympathies, but of all the antipathies which the nation experienced none was more bitter and more constant than that towards Edom. The rest of Israel’s enemies rose and fell like waves:... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Obadiah 1:10

1:10 For [thy] violence against thy {g} brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.(g) He shows the reason why the Edomites were so severely punished: that is, because they were enemies to his Church, whom he now comforts by punishing their enemies. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Obadiah 1:11

1:11 In the day that thou stoodest {h} 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.(h) When Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem, you joined with him, and had part of the spoil, and so rejoiced when my people (that is, your brother), were afflicted, whereas you should have pitied and helped your brother. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Obadiah 1:12

1:12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became {i} a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.(i) When the Lord deprived them of their former dignity, and delivered them to be carried into captivity. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-16

"For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever. (11) 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. (12) But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day... read more

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