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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Obadiah 1:12

Thou shouldest not have looked with secret joy and satisfaction to thy eyes and mind; if thou wouldst have looked, it should have been with tears and grief, not with joy and gladness at the sight: so the word, Psalms 37:0; Psalms 44:7; Proverbs 29:16. On the day; on the affliction and sad misery which fell upon thy brother Jacob; so day in Scripture, thus absolutely put, doth often signify, Psalms 37:13; Micah 7:4. Became a stranger; having by the misery of war been made a captive, and lost his... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-14

CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:10. Cause of ruin] Violence against the seed of Jacob. In different ways. Obadiah 1:11.] For taking a position. Stoodest] not as a looker-on, but as an enemy; an attitude of hostility, not sympathy. Obadiah 1:12.] For malicious pleasure in three forms—looking on with delight; rejoiced without reserve; boasting, spoken proudly, lit. to make the mouth broad or open; a gesture of contempt and derision (Psalms 35:21, Isaiah 57:4 : cf. Ezekiel 35:13, and Revelation 13:6).... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:1-21

Tonight shall we turn now to Obadiah.Who Obadiah was, or where he came from, when he prophesied, nobody knows for sure. There have been a lot of guesses as to who Obadiah actually was, but they are all just guesses.It is amazing how much men can say whenever the Bible is silent on a subject. And it seems to just be a take-off place for guys to develop theories and to write theme papers or doctrinal dissertations on some area where the Bible is silent. But at best, when God's Word is silent, all... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:10-14

Obadiah 1:10-14For thy violence against thy brother Jacob.An old sinIn two aspects.I. Working in the history of posterity. “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob.” The spirit of envy that was kindled in the heart of Esau towards his brother Jacob glowed and flamed with more or less intensity for ages in the soul of Edom towards the descendants of Jacob. It was shown in the unbrotherly refusal of the request of Moses to allow the children of Israel to pass through the land (Numbers... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:12-15

Obadiah 1:12-15But thou shouldst not have looked on the day of thy brother.The doom of EdomThe commentary on this prophecy is supplied by every traveller who has explored the recesses of the mountain of Esau. Every people that has the privileges of Edom, and like Edom abuses them, is without right to expect a more favourable issue from the hand of God. The general sentiment implied in this prophecy is, that a nation in prosperity abusing its advantages to the injury of less fortunate peoples,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:10

Oba 1:10 For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. Ver. 10. For thy violence against thy brother Jacob ] For thine open violence. Hence tachmas, the vulture, who liveth by rapine, Leviticus 11:14 . Thine iniquity, rapine, injury done by force and in public view, set upon the "top of a rock," that all might behold it, Ezekiel 24:7 . Against thy brother ] Thine own mother’s son, Psalms 50:20 . This is no small aggravation of thy... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:11

Oba 1:11 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. Ver. 11. In the day that thou stoodest on the other side ] Over beside, curiously eyeing and maliciously promoting, by thy virulent tongue and violent hands, the downfal of Israel. Nemo curiosus quin malevolus, saith an ancient. These Edomites fed their eyes with their... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:12

Oba 1:12 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 of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. Ver. 12. But thou shouldest not have looked on the day ] Unless it were with weeping eyes. Iisdem quibus videmus oculis flemus. Men have the same organ of seeing and of weeping; that when they behold a doleful object, they... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Obadiah 1:10

violence: Genesis 27:11, Genesis 27:41, Numbers 20:14-Ecclesiastes :, Psalms 83:5-1 Samuel :, Psalms 137:7, Lamentations 4:21, Ezekiel 25:12, Ezekiel 35:5, Ezekiel 35:6, Ezekiel 35:12-Ezra :, Amos 1:11 shame: Psalms 69:7, Psalms 89:45, Psalms 109:29, Psalms 132:18, Jeremiah 3:25, Jeremiah 51:51, Ezekiel 7:18, Micah 7:10 and: Jeremiah 49:13, Jeremiah 49:17-Proverbs :, Ezekiel 25:13, Ezekiel 25:14, Ezekiel 35:6, Ezekiel 35:7, Ezekiel 35:15, Malachi 1:3, Malachi 1:4 Reciprocal: Numbers 20:20 -... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Obadiah 1:11

in the day that the: 2 Kings 24:10-Nehemiah :, 2 Kings 25:11, Jeremiah 52:28-Amos : captive his forces: or, his substance cast: Joel 3:3, Nahum 3:10 even: Psalms 50:18, Psalms 137:7 Reciprocal: Job 18:20 - his day Proverbs 17:5 - and Jeremiah 40:11 - all the Jews Ezekiel 24:6 - let no Ezekiel 35:5 - in the Amos 1:6 - to Edom read more

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