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Obadiah 1:9

And thy mighty men, O Teman, the inhabitants of the southern district of Idumea, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau, of their entire mountainous country, may be cut off by slaughter, for that was the object of the Lord in taking away from them their wisdom and the use of their former power. When God decides to punish a nation, then all the cleverness of its most learned men, all the strength of its mightiest men, will be of no avail.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Obadiah 1:9. _THY MIGHTY_ MEN, _O TEMAN_] This was one of the strongest places in Idumea; and is put here, as in Amos 1:12, and elsewhere, for _Idumea_ itself. _MOUNT OF ESAU_] Mount _Seir_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THY MIGHTY, O TEMAN, SHALL BE DISMAYED - The pagan, more religiously than we, ascribed panic to the immediate action of one of their gods, or to Nature deified, Pan, i. e., the Universe: wrong as...

  • 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

    TEMAN. Compare Jeremiah 49:7....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _by slaughter_ i.e. by slaughter inflicted on them by their enemies. This is the simplest and most natural meaning. It might be rendered, as the same preposition is at the beginning of the next verse,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Though thus shamefully betrayed and utterly spoiled, the Edomites might yet possibly have recovered themselves, if those inherent qualities in which the strength of nations as of individuals consists,...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE EXTENT OF EDOM'S JUDGMENT TEXT: Obadiah 1:5-9 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. THY MIGHTY MEN, O TEMAN, SHALL BE DISMAYED, TO THE END THAT EVERY ONE OF...

  • 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

    (5-9) The completeness of the overthrow awaiting Edom. It is no mere inroad of a marauding tribe. Something would escape the _robber,_ though he might go away quite satisfied with his plunder; and eve...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ חַתּ֥וּ גִבֹּורֶ֖יךָ תֵּימָ֑ן לְמַ֧עַן יִכָּֽרֶת...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _South. Hebrew, "Theman," (Calmet) where the Romans kept a garrison, fifteen miles south of Petra. (St. Jerome)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? (4) Though thou ex...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet, after having spoken of one kind of God’s vengeance, adds another, — that he would break whatever there was of strength in Idumea: and thus he shows that the courage and strength of men, n...

  • 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

    AND THY MIGHTY [MEN], O TEMAN, SHALL BE DISMAYED,.... Teman was one part of the country of Edom, so called from Teman, a son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:11; and which it seems had bee...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And thy mighty [men], O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. Ver. 9. _And thy mighty men, O Teman_] Thy giants, thy champions, that da...

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

    _If thieves come unto thee_ See note on Jeremiah 49:9. _How are his hidden things sought up!_ Those treasures and riches which he took all possible care to conceal, that they might not be discovered b...

  • 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

    MIGHTY MEN; valiant commanders and soldiers, who were never blemished with cowardice, who formerly durst adventure on greatest dangers and encounter most formidable enemies, and were never daunted wit...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Obadiah 1:9 mighty H1368 Teman H8487 dismayed H2865 (H8804) everyone H376 mountains H2022 Esau H6215 off H3772 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THEY WILL BE EXPELLED FROM EDOM BY THOSE WHO WILL AT FIRST APPEAR TO BE THEIR FRIENDS (OBADIAH 1:5). Their punishment will be extreme and final, and they will be ousted from their homeland by those w...

  • 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

    _How are the things of Esau searched out! _ HIDDEN THINGS SEARCHED OUT All that any test or trial can do is to show what was in us already. In many places of the East there is the horrible disease c...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:8 ON THAT DAY refers back to vv. Obadiah 1:1 and looks toward “the day of the LORD” in v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:7.] Edom would be forsaken by those in whom they put confidence. CONFEDERATES] Allies would drive back (brought) fugitives to the frontier. MEN AT PEACE with them, neighbou...

  • 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

    Amos 1:12; Amos 2:16; Deuteronomy 2:5; Ezekiel 25:13; Genesis 36:11;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Teman — A principal city of Idumea....

  • 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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