Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Obadiah 1:2
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen, the humiliation of Idumea being represented as having already been accomplished; thou art greatly despised, humiliated exceedingly.
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen, the humiliation of Idumea being represented as having already been accomplished; thou art greatly despised, humiliated exceedingly.
Verse Obadiah 1:2. _I HAVE MADE THEE SMALL AMONG THE HEATHEN_] God ever attributes to _himself_ the _rise and fall of nations_. If they be _great_ and _prosperous_, it is by God's _providence_; if th...
BEHOLD, I HAVE MADE THEE SMALL - God, having declared His future judgments upon Edom, assigns the first ground of those judgments. Pride was the root of Edom’s sin, then envy; then followed exultation...
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...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. Calling attention to the words of Jehovah....
_I have made thee … thou art_ Jehovah is now the speaker. "I have made thee small" in my purpose, which though its accomplishment is still future is as certain as though it were already executed. "Tho...
_EDOM'S PRIDE AND PUNISHMENT -- OBADIAH 1:1-9:_ God gave Obadiah a message about Edom. The King James Version uses the word "Rumor" to describe the vision and message of Obadiah. The word means an aut...
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CERTAINTY OF EDOM'S JUDGMENT TEXT: Obadiah 1:1-4 1. The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is...
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. BEHOLD, I HAVE MADE THEE SMALL - thy reduction to insignificance is as sure as if it were already accomplished: therefor...
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...
1-9. — THE DIVINE HOSTILITY AGAINST EDOM PROCLAIMED. (1) THE VISION OF OBADIAH. — Properly, _vision of Obadiah,_ without the article. There are three recognised headings to prophetical books — _word,...
הִנֵּ֥ה קָטֹ֛ן נְתַתִּ֖יךָ בַּ † גֹּויִ֑ם בָּז֥וּי...
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...
_Contemptible. The nations of Chaldea, &c., were far more potent. Yet Edom must be brought still lower._...
"The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle....
Jeremiah uses nearly the same words; but the sense of the expression is ambiguous, when he says, ‘Lo, little have I set thee.’ To me it appears probable, that the Prophet reproves the Idumeans, becaus...
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...
BEHOLD, I HAVE MADE THEE SMALL AMONG THE HEATHEN,.... Or "a little one", or "thing" o; their number few, and their country not large, as Aben Ezra, especially in comparison of other nations; and there...
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. Ver. 2. _Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen_] That is, vile, despicable, and abject, as Psalms 119:141, "I a...
_The vision of Obadiah_ The name of this prophet signifies, _a servant_, or a worshipper, _of the Lord._ Such he undoubtedly was, and also a prophet, but what he was in other respects we are not infor...
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...
BEHOLD, _ ye Edomites_, lay it to heart, and consider it well; be not secure amidst such dangers. I HAVE MADE THEE SMALL; thou art a small people for number, thy land mountainous, rocky, and barren, a...
Obadiah 1:2 make H5414 (H8804) small H6996 nations H1471 greatly H3966 despised H959 (H8803)...
YHWH'S SENTENCE ON EDOM (OBADIAH 1:2). YHWH's message to Edom was simple and straightforward. They had exalted themselves to the heavens, confident of their safety in their mountain strongholds, but...
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...
OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:2 Edom is insignificant among the nations. Just as Edom gloated over Judah (vv. Obadiah 1:12), so other nations disrespect Edom. This contrasts with Edom’s own pride. The Edo...
CRITICAL NOTES.] AMB.] God is represented as summoning armies and setting them in battle array, after the custom of earthly kings. OBADIAH 1:3. CLEFTS] Jeremiah 49:16. See _Stanley_ for description. T...
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...
1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:8; Ezekiel 29:15; Isaiah 23:9; Job 34:25;...
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF OBADIAH _ The Book of Obadiah_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1: A vision concerning Edom. We are well aware that Esau was the father of Edomites. When Isaac's sons were born they were twi...
Small — Thou art a small people. In comparison with other nations. Despised — What ever these Edomites had been, now they were despised....
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...