Verse Obadiah 1:10. _FOR_ THY _VIOLENCE AGAINST THY BROTHER JACOB_] By this term the _Israelites_ in general are understood; for the _two_ brothers, - _Jacob_, from whom sprang the _Jews_, and _Esau_...
FOR THY VIOLENCE AGAINST THY BROTHER JACOB - To Israel God had commanded: (Deuteronomy 23:7 (Deuteronomy 23:8, Deuteronomy 23:9 in the Hebrew text)), “Thou shalt not abbor an Edomite
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...
THY VIOLENCE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 27:41.Deuteronomy 23:7; Deuteronomy 23:7). App-92....
_Thy brother Jacob_ This was the great aggravation of the violence. "Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother," was the command of God to the Jews (Deuteronomy 23:7). Treachery from frie...
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...
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...
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. FOR THY VIOLENCE AGAINST THY BROTHER JACOB. Obadiah here confirms afresh Joel's prophecy (), ...
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...
מֵ חֲמַ֛ס אָחִ֥יךָ יַעֲקֹ֖ב תְּכַסְּךָ֣ בוּשָׁ֑ה...
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 (g) brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. (g) He shows the reason why the Edomites were so severely punished: that is, because they...
_Slaughter. They invaded the dominions of Achaz, and incited the enemy to destroy all, 2 Paralipomenon xxviii. 17., and Psalm cxxxvi. 7._...
"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...
The Prophet here sets forth the reason why God would deal so severely and dreadfully with the Idumeans. Had he simply prophesied of their destruction, it would have been an important matter; for the J...
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...
FOR [THY] VIOLENCE AGAINST THY BROTHER JACOB,.... Which is aggravated: by being against Jacob, an honest plain hearted man, and whom the Lord loved; his brother, his own brother, a twin brother, yea,...
For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. Ver. 10. _For thy violence against thy brother Jacob_] For thine open violence. Hence tachmas,...
_For thy violence against thy brother Jacob_ Because of the injury thou hast done to the people of Judea, who are descended from Jacob, the brother of Esau, your progenitor: see note on Amos 1:11. _Sh...
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob, the two nations being so closely related through their common ancestor, but the Edomites having continued the family feud practically from the time of Esau,...
The Punishment a Consequence of Idumea's Hostility...
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...
FOR THY VIOLENCE: though Idumeans were guilty of many other and great sins, they are here charged with this as the great crying sin, inhuman cruelty and perfidiousness; they did mercilessly spoil and...
Obadiah 1:10 violence H2555 brother H251 Jacob H3290 Shame H955 cover H3680 (H8762) off H3772 (H8738) forever...
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...
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 1:11; Ezekiel 25:12; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 25:14; Ezekiel 35:
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...