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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-16

When we have read Edom's doom, no less than utter ruin, it is natural to ask, Why, what evil has he done? What is the ground of God's controversy with him? Many things, no doubt, were amiss in Edom; they were a sinful people, and a people laden with iniquity. But that one single crime which is laid to their charge, as filling their measure and bringing this ruin upon them, that for which they here stand indicted, of which they are convicted, and for which they are condemned, is the injury they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:10

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob ,.... Which is aggravated: by being against Jacob, an honest plain hearted man, and whom the Lord loved; his brother, his own brother, a twin brother, yea, his only brother; yet this is to be understood, not so much of the violence of Esau against Jacob personally, though there is an allusion to that; as of the violence of the posterity of the one against the posterity of the other; and not singly of the violence shown at the destruction of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:11

In the day thou stoodest on the other side ,.... Aloof off, as a spectator of the ruin of Jerusalem, and that with delight and pleasure; when they should, as brethren and neighbours, have assisted against the common enemy; but instead of this they stood at a distance; or they went over to the other side, and joined the enemy, and stood in opposition to their brethren the Jews: in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces ; that is, at the time that the Chaldeans took... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:12

But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother ,.... The day of his calamity, distress, and destruction, as afterwards explained; that is, with delight and satisfaction, as pleased with it, and rejoicing at it; but rather should have grieved and mourned, and as fearing their turn would be next: or, "do not look" F20 אל תרא "ne aspicias", Junius & Tremellius; "ne aspicito", Piscator; "ne spectes", Cocceius. ; so some read it in the imperative, and in like manner... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:13

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity ,.... Or gates, as the Targum; the gates of any of their cities, and particularly those of Jerusalem; into which the Edomites entered along with the Chaldeans, exulting over the Jews, and insulting them, and joining with the enemy in distressing and plundering them: yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity : which is repeated, as being exceeding cruel and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:14

Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossing ,.... In a place where two or more roads met, to stop the Jews that fled, let them take which road they would: or, "in the breach" F25 על הפרק "in diruptione", Junius & Tremellius, Tarnovius. ; that is, of the walls of the city; to cut off those of his that did escape ; such of the Jews that escaped the sword of the Chaldeans in the city, and attempted, to get away through the breaches of the walls of it, or that took... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Obadiah 1:15

For the day of the Lord is near upon all the Heathen ,.... That is, the time was at hand, fixed and determined by the Lord, and he had spoken of by his prophets, when he would punish all the Heathens round about for their sins; as the Egyptians, Philistines, Tyrians, Ammonites, Moabites, and others; and so the Edomites among the rest; for this is mentioned for their sakes, and to show that their punishment was inevitable, and that they could not expect to escape in the general ruin; see ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:10

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob - By this term the Israelites in general are understood; for the two brothers, - Jacob, from whom sprang the Jews, and Esau, from whom sprang the Idumeans or Edomites, - are here put for the whole people or descendants of both. We need not look for particular cases of the violence of the Edomites against the Jews. Esau, their founder, was not more inimical to his brother Jacob, who deprived him of his birthright, than the Edomites uniformly were to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:11

Thou stoodest on the other side - Thou not only didst not help thy brother when thou mightest, but thou didst assist his foes against him. And cast lots - When the Chaldeans cast lots on the spoils of Jerusalem, thou didst come in for a share of the booty; "thou wast as one of them." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Obadiah 1:12

Thou shouldest not have looked - It shows a malevolent heart to rejoice in the miseries of those who have acted unkindly or wickedly towards us. The Edomites triumphed when they saw the judgments of God fall upon the Jews. This the Lord severely reprehends in Obadiah 1:12-15 . If a man have acted cruelly towards us, and God punish him for this cruelty, and we rejoice in it, we make his crime our own; and then, as we have done, so shall it be done unto us; see Obadiah 1:15 . All these... read more

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