Obadiah 1:15-21 KJV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:16

For as ye have drunk - This address is to the Jews. As ye have been visited and punished upon my holy mountain in Jerusalem, so shall other nations be punished in their respective countries. See Jeremiah 49:12 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:17

But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance - Here is a promise of the return from the Babylonish captivity. They shall come to Zion, and there they shall find safety; and it is remarkable that after their return they were greatly befriended by the Persian kings, and by Alexander the Great and his successors; so that, whilst they ravaged the neighboring nations, the Jews were unmolested. See Calmet. And there shall be holiness - They shall return to God, separate themselves from their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:18

The house of Jacob shall be a fire - After their return from captivity, the Jews, called here the house of Jacob and the house of Joseph, did break out as a flame upon the Idumeans; they reduced them into slavery; and obliged them to receive circumcision, and practise the rites of the Jewish religion. See 1 Maccabees 5:3, etc.; 2 Maccabees 10:15-23; and Josephus Antiq., lib. 13 c. 17. There shall not be any remaining - As a people and a nation they shall be totally destroyed. This is the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:19

They of the south - The Jews who possessed the southern part of Palestine, should render themselves masters of the mountains of Idumea which were contiguous to them. They of the plain - From Eleutheropolis to the Mediterranean Sea. In this and the following verse the prophet shows the different districts which should be occupied by the Israelites after their return from Babylon. The fields of Samaria - Alexander the Great gave Samaria to the Jews; and John Hyrcanus subdued the same... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:20

Zarephath - Sarepta, a city of the Sidonians, 1 Kings 17:9 . That is, they should possess the whole city of Phoenicia, called here that of the Canaanites. Which is in Sepharad - This is a difficult word. Some think the Bosphorus is meant; others, Spain; others, France; others, the Euphrates; others, some district in Chaldea; for there was a city called Siphora, in Mesopotamia, above the division of the Euphrates. Dr. Lightfoot says it was a part of Edom. Those who were captives among... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:21

And saviours shall come up - Certain persons whom God may choose to be deliverers of his people; such as Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Maccabees. Some think these saviours, מושיעים moshiim , mean the apostles of our Lord. Several MSS. have מושעים mushaim , the preserved; those that are saved, i.e., they who were delivered from the captivity; and those of Mount Zion shall judge, that is, shall execute judgment on the Edomites. And as the Asmonean princes joined the priesthood... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:17

Verse 17 Here the Prophet promises deliverance to the Jews; for other consolations would have been of no great moment, had they, who then were perishing, no hope of being some time restored to safety. The Jews might indeed have objected, and said, “What is it to us, though the Lord may avenge our wrongs? Should the Idumeans be destroyed for our sake, what profit will that be to us? We are in the meantime destroyed and have no hope of deliverance.” The Prophet here meets this objection, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:18

Verse 18 Here again the Prophet meets a doubt, which might come into the mind of each of them; for the Idumeans were flourishing, and their condition was independent, when the Israelites as well as the Jews were led into exile, and Jerusalem with its temple was destroyed. They might under such circumstances despair; but the Prophet shows, that though for a time the house of Jacob seemed to be dead, yet a fire would be kindled, which would consume the Idumeans, though they were then proud of... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:21

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:18

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