Obadiah 1:15,16

After the description in Obadiah 1:11, of the fault for which Edom was to be punished, the prophet returns in these two verses to the subject of Obadiah 1:2, and completes the description of the punishment that should be inflicted on him. He connects them by the word "for," at once with the prediction of Obadiah 1:10, "thou shalt be cut off for ever," and with the earnest dissuasions of the verses that have followed.