Verse 3
They were so skillful at doing evil that it seemed they could do it equally well with either hand; they were ambidextrous when it came to sinning. Another view is that "’both hands’ refer to ’the great man’ and the officials next to him. . . . The king and his depraved minions flagrantly pervert the covenant . . ." [Note: Waltke, in Obadiah, . . ., p. 200.] The leaders always had their hands out to receive a bribe (cf. Micah 3:11). The powerful could expect to get the evil things they wanted because they pulled the necessary strings. These leaders formed networks of conspiracy, like a basket, to entrap the weak.
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