George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Obadiah 1:11
Captive. He alludes to the taking of Sedecias. --- Lots, for the booty, or whether they should burn the city or not. All was regulated by lots. (Calmet)
Captive. He alludes to the taking of Sedecias. --- Lots, for the booty, or whether they should burn the city or not. All was regulated by lots. (Calmet)
Verse 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 cas...
IN THE DAY THAT THOU STOODEST ON THE OTHER SIDE - The time when they so stood, is not defined in itself, as a past or future. It is literally; “In the day of thy standing over against,” i. e., to gaze...
OBADIAH 1:1 B. THE DESERVED DOWNFALL OF EDOM. The prophet declares that interpretation of current events which Yahweh has revealed to him. Other nations are combining against Edom (Obadiah 1:1) and Ya...
IN THE DAY. See App-18. Note the Figure of speech _Repetitio_ (App-6) in verses: Obadiah 1:12. STRANGERS. aliens. GATES. Hebrew text. gate; but Hebrew margin, with some codices and two early printed...
_In the day that thou stoodest_ lit. _in the day of thy standing_. Nothing can certainly be decided from the language of this and the following verses, as to whether the conduct here ascribed to the E...
The Cause of Edom's Destruction The scene changes. Another picture of violence and cruelty now rises before the prophet's eyes. He sees Jerusalem encompassed by enemies and overcome. Strangers carry...
_THE LORD CONDEMNS EDOM'S CRUELTY -- OBADIAH 1:10-14:_ God condemned Edom for violence done to Jacob. There was a physical relationship there and yet there was a great deal of hostility, especially fr...
IN THE DAY THAT THOU STOODEST, &C.— _Thou stoodest on the other side in the day that strangers,_ &c. The prophet considers the Chaldeans as preparing for the siege of Jerusalem, and demanding succours...
THE JUSTICE OF GOD'S JUDGMENT UPON EDOM TEXT: Obadiah 1:10-16 10 For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever. 11 In the day that thou stoo...
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...
1:11 substance, (b-20) Or 'forces.'...
THE *LORD IS KING OBADIAH _PHILIP SMITH_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF OBADIAH AUTHOR This is the shortest book in the *Old Testament. Obadiah means ‘the servant of *Yahweh’. Or it means ‘the person who giv...
10-16. — THE DIVINE SENTENCE JUSTIFIED BY EDOM’S GUILT. This justification takes the form of a warning against a repetition of the crimes which have already called forth the sentence of Divine wrath a...
בְּ יֹום֙ עֲמָֽדְךָ֣ מִ נֶּ֔גֶד בְּ יֹ֛ום
EDOM AND ISRAEL Obadiah 1:1 IF the Book of Obadiah presents us with some of the most difficult questions of criticism, it raises besides one of the hardest ethical problems in all the vexed history...
In the day that thou stoodest (h) 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...
"For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever. (11) In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away...
_In the day_, he says, _in which thou didst stand on the opposite side _”. But the Idumeans might have made this objection, “Why dost thou accuse us for having violently oppressed our brother? for we...
Edom is frequently spoken of in the prophets. This people, who, as well as Jacob, were descended from Isaac, had an inveterate hatred to the posterity of the younger son who were favoured as the peopl...
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 agai...
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...
_For thy violence against thy brother Jacob_ Because of the injury thou hast done to the people of Judea, who are descended from Jacob, the brother of Esau, your progenitor: see note on Amos 1:11. _Sh...
The Punishment a Consequence of Idumea's Hostility...
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, opposed to his brother Jacob, to the children of Israel, IN THE DAY THAT THE STRANGERS CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE HIS FORCES, probably when the Philistines a...
CARRY AWAY CAPTIVE: Or, carried away his substance...
1-16 This prophecy is against Edom. Its destruction seems to have been typical, as their father Esau's rejection; and to refer to the destruction of the enemies of the gospel church. See the predicti...
IN THE DAY; during the war which the Babylonians made upon Judea, or in the day of battle when Jews fought with Chaldeans. THAT THOU STOODEST ON THE OTHER SIDE; tookest up thy stand over-right them, o...
Obadiah 1:11 day H3117 stood H5975 (H8800) day H3117 strangers H2114 (H8801) captive H7617 (H8800) forces...
THE REASON FOR THE INVASION FROM YHWH'S VIEWPOINT, BECAUSE OF EDOM'S PERFIDY TOWARDS JUDAH (OBADIAH 1:10). And the reason why Edom would be treated in this way was because of its behaviour towards ‘yo...
CONTENTS: Edom's humiliation because of sin against God's people. CHARACTERS: God, Obadiah. CONCLUSION: If men in their pride and carnal security dare to challenge omnipotence, their challenge will...
_For thy violence against thy brother Jacob._ AN OLD SIN In two aspects. I. Working in the history of posterity. “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob.” The spirit of envy that was kindled in...
WHO'S TO BLAME? In the day that thou stoodest on the other side (RVm “aloof”)... thou wast as one of them. Obadiah 1:11. It happened in a little town in one of the Western States of America on the...
OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:10 ON THE DAY THAT YOU STOOD ALOOF... YOU WERE LIKE ONE OF THEM criticizes the Edomites for failing to give military support to neighboring Jerusalem when it was wrongfully a...
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...
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 a...
2 Kings 24:10; 2 Kings 25:11; Jeremiah 52:28; Joel 3:3; Nahum 3:10;
In the day — During the war which the Babylonians made upon Judea. Stoodest — Didst set thyself in battle array against thy brother. Jerusalem — Upon the citizens and their goods. As one of them — As...
OBADIAH — If the Book of Obadiah is inspired Scripture, then why is it not quoted in the NT? (For a discussion of this question, see Ecclesiastes 1:1.) OBADIAH — Is the prophecy of Obadiah simply an...