Obadiah 1:16

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 1:16

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the Heathen drink continually ,.... Which is either spoken to the Edomites; and the sense be, according to the Targum, "as ye have rejoiced at the blow (given unto or at the subversion and destruction) of the mountain of my holiness, all people shall drink the cup of their vengeance;' or punishment; and to the same sense Jarchi and Japhet interpret it; and so Kimchi, "as ye have made a feast, rejoicing at the destruction of my... read more

Adam Clarke

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:1-16

Part I. THE DESTRUCTION OF EDOM, AND THE CAUSE THEREOF. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:10-16

Social cruelty: 1. A sin against the Creator. "For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever," etc. Social cruelty is the grand subject of these verses, and the cruelty is that which one brother perpetrates on another—Esau on Jacob. "Wrong or violence is all the more reprehensible when it is committed against a brother. The fraternal relation in which Edom stood towards Judah is still more sharply defined by the name Jacob, since Esau... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:12-16

Social cruelty: 3. As working in various forms from generation to generation. "But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger," etc. Here we have a sketch of the workings of this cruelty towards Judah when he was in great distress, suffering, and peril. I. CRUELTY HAS VARIOUS FORMS OF WORKING . Look at the forms here. 1. The lack of sympathy when Judah was in distress. "Thou shouldest not have looked," etc. Greatly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:15-16

§ 3. The warning given in the first section (vers, 1-9) is supplemented by the announcement that in the day of the Lord, Edom and all the enemies of Israel shall be remembered, and shall suffer just retribution, meeting with the fate which they had inflicted on others. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:15-16

The lex talionis. The principle of government or of retribution known as the lex talionis was known to the Hebrews as well as to other nations. "It was said by them of old time, An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." Passages in Ezekiel contain threatenings of a retribution similar to that which in this passage is denounced upon Edom. I. THE AUTHOR AND THE OCCASION OF THIS RETRIBUTION . "The day of the Lord" is an expression frequently occurring in the prophetic... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Obadiah 1:16

As ye have drunk. There are two interpretations of this passage. By the first, the people addressed are considered to be the Jews, and the word "drunk" is taken metaphorically in both clauses (see note on Nahum 3:11 ). The meaning is then this—As ye Jews, who are upon my holy mountain, the people of election, have not escaped from suffering the wrath of God, so all the nations shell feel the same, and that to a much more terrible extent. Confirmatory of this explanation is the language of... read more

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