George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Obadiah 1:14
Flee. The Idumeans might easily have concealed the fugitives. But they were so inhuman as to fall upon them, (Calmet) or drive them back.
Flee. The Idumeans might easily have concealed the fugitives. But they were so inhuman as to fall upon them, (Calmet) or drive them back.
Verse Obadiah 1:14. _NEITHER SHOULDEST THOU HAVE STOOD IN THE CROSSWAY_] They are represented here as having stood in the _passes_ and _defiles_ to prevent the poor Jews from escaping from the Chalde...
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...
STOOD IN THE CROSSWAY. Referring to some antecedent event by Figure of speech _Hysteresis_ (App-6). CROSSWAY. fork of the roads, or. mountain pass....
_Neither shouldest thou have stood … delivered up_ rather, STAND NOT, DELIVER NOT UP....
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...
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. STOOD IN 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...
וְ אַֽל ־תַּעֲמֹד֙ עַל ־הַ פֶּ֔רֶק לְ
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, _And thou shouldest not stand on the going forth_. The word פרק _perek _signifies to break, to dissipate, to rend; hence פרק _perek_, as a noun, in Hebrew means rending and breaking. There...
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...
NEITHER SHOULDEST THOU HAVE STOOD IN THE CROSSING,.... In a place where two or more roads met, to stop the Jews that fled, let them take which road they would: or, "in the breach" y; that is, of the w...
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. Ver. 14. _Nei...
_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...
neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, at the crossroads, where everybody was obliged to pass, TO CUT OFF THOSE OF HIS THAT DID ESCAPE, either to slay them or to deliver them to the enemie...
The Punishment a Consequence of Idumea's Hostility...
DELIVERED UP: Or, shut up...
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 CROSS-WAY; or in the breaches, viz. of the walls, by which, when the city was taken, some might have made their escape from the enemy; thou didst, though thou shouldst not, spitefully and cruel...
Obadiah 1:14 stood H5975 (H8799) crossroads H6563 off H3772 (H8687) escaped H6412 delivered H5462 (H8686) remained...
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...
_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...
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...
Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9; Genesis 35:3; Isaiah 37:3; Jeremiah 30:7;...
The breaches — Of the walls, by which when the city was taken, some might have made their escape. Delivered — To the Chaldeans. Remain — Survived the taking of the city....
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...