George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Obadiah 1:13
CHAPTER I.
Army. Hebrew also, "goods." Septuagint, "thou wilt not join their army in the day of ruin." (Haydock) --- Thou wilt have other things to think about.
CHAPTER I.
Army. Hebrew also, "goods." Septuagint, "thou wilt not join their army in the day of ruin." (Haydock) --- Thou wilt have other things to think about.
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...
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...
_Thou shouldest not have entered … looked … laid hands_ rather, ENTER NOT, LOOK NOT, LAY NOT HANDS. _The gate of my people_ i. e. the city of Jerusalem, comp. "he is come unto the gate of my people, 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...
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...
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...
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on t...
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...
אַל ־תָּבֹ֤וא בְ שַֽׁעַר ־עַמִּי֙ בְּ יֹ֣ום
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...
"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...
It follows, _Thou shouldest not enter the gates of my people in the day of their destruction, nor shouldest thou look on in their calamity_. Probably the Idumeans had made an irruption in company with...
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...
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...
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid [hands] on...
_Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people_, &c. Thou shouldest not have entered into the cities of my people by way of spoiling them, or of feasting thy eyes with the slaughter, when...
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of My people in the day of their calamity, with a feeling of satisfaction over their misfortune; YEA, THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON THEIR AFFLICTION I...
The Punishment a Consequence of Idumea's Hostility...
SUBSTANCE: Or, forces...
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...
THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE ENTERED, as an enemy, a conqueror, into the gate; by synecdoche, city is meant by gate. The Edomites warring among the Babylonians, did with them enter the gates of conquered J...
Obadiah 1:13 entered H935 (H8799) gate H8179 people H5971 day H3117 calamity H343 gazed H7200 (H8799) affliction...
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...
_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...
_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...
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;...
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 Samuel 16:12; Psalms 22:17; Zechariah 1:15...
Entered — As an enemy....
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...