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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Obadiah 1:12

Though shalt not look, &c., or thou shouldst not, &c. It is a reprehension for what they had done, and at the same time a declaration that these things should not pass unpunished. (Challoner) --- God admonishes, and at the same time insinuates that the Idumeans would act quite the reverse. (Worthington) --- Magnify. Literally, thou shalt not speak arrogantly against the children of Juda, as insulting them in their distress, (Challoner) like people mocking. When they shall be themselves afflicted, they shall cease to upbraid the Jews. (Calmet)

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See also Obadiah 1:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT THOU SHOULDEST NOT - , rather it means, and can only mean , “And look not (i. e., gaze not with pleasure) on the day of thy brother in the day of his becoming a stranger ; and rejoice not over the...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON, &C. All these are Prohibitives in Hebrew: i.e. they are addressed to Edom as from. spectator looking on and saying; "Look not thou, "&c. CHILDREN. sons. SPOKEN PROU...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Thou shouldest not have looked … have rejoiced … have spoken_ rather, LOOK NOT, REJOICE NOT, SPEAK NOT. In this verse it is the neutrality of Edom, spoken of as "standing on the other side" in the fo...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON— Houbigant reads the verbs in these verses in the imperative mood. _Look not—rejoice not,_ &c. Instead of, _Nor have laid hands on,_ &c. Obadiah 1:13. Houbigant r...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nei...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:12 disaster; (c-18) Or 'strange [fate].' see Job 31:3 ....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אַל ־תֵּ֤רֶא בְ יֹום ־אָחִ֨יךָ֙ בְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became (i) a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet enumerates here the kinds of cruelty which the Idumeans exercised towards the Church of God, the children of Abraham, their own kindred. But he speaks by way of prohibition; it is then a p...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 i...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nei...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But thou shouldest not have looked upon the day of thy brother _ On his evil day. Thou oughtest not to have taken pleasure at the sight of thy brother's calamity. So the expression of _looking upon a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Punishment a Consequence of Idumea's Hostility...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger, namely, when Edom feasted his eyes upon the misfortunes which befell Judah; NEITHER SHOULDEST THOU HA...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED: Or, do not behold, etc. SPOKEN PROUDLY: _ Heb._ magnified thy mouth...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED with secret joy and satisfaction to thy eyes and mind; if thou wouldst have looked, it should have been with tears and grief, not with joy and gladness at the sight: so...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Obadiah 1:12 gazed H7200 (H8799) day H3117 brother H251 day H3117 captivity H5235 rejoiced H8055 (H8799) children...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But thou shouldst not have looked on the day of thy brother._ THE DOOM OF EDOM The commentary on this prophecy is supplied by every traveller who has explored the recesses of the mountain of Esau. E...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:12 These verses spell out Edom’s violent acts. The Edomites took advantage of Judah’s situation during the Babylonian crisis (Psalms 137:7;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:3; 2 Peter 2:18; Ezekiel 25:6; Ezekiel 25:7; Ezekiel 35:15;

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Looked — With joy on the affliction. A stranger — As a stranger, one who had no more right to any thing in the land. Proudly — Vaunting over the Jews, when Jerusalem was taken....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    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...

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