OBADIAH. Servant of Jehovah. Compare 1 Kings 18:3. THUS SAITH, &C. The words of this prophecy, therefore, are not Obadiah's, but Jehovah's. Compare verses: Obadiah 1:1; Obadiah 1:8; Obadiah 1:18. THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4. CONCERNING EDOM. See notes on p. 1244. WE HAVE HEARD. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. Calling attention to the words of Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CLEFTS, &C. Referring to the natural position of the Edomites. Compare 2 Kings 14:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGH, &C. The words of Jehovah. SET THY NEST. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 24:21). App-92. Compare Habakkuk 2:9. AMONG THE STARS. Figure of speech _Hyperbole._ App-6. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THE GRAPE GATHERERS. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "or if", &c. WOULD THEY NOT. ? Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 24:21). App-92. Compare Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW...! Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. SEARCHED OUT: i.e. discovered by the enemies. Ginsburg thinks it should be read "stripped bare".... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Plural of _'enosh._ App-14. CONFEDERACY. See Psalms 83:5. THE MEN, &C.. the men who were wont to salute thee. AND. Some codices, with three early printed editions and Syriac, read this "and" in the text. THEY THAT EAT. The _Ellipsis_ is thus correctly supplied. WOUND. snare. UNDERSTANDING... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT DAY: i.e. the day of the fulfillment of the prophecy. Copmare Obadiah 1:15 :16, and Isaiah 63:1; Jeremiah 49:13, MOUNT. hill country.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEMAN. Compare Jeremiah 49:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY VIOLENCE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 27:41.Deuteronomy 23:7; Deuteronomy 23:7). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DAY. See App-18. Note the Figure of speech _Repetitio_ (App-6) in verses: Obadiah 1:12. STRANGERS. aliens. GATES. Hebrew text. gate; but Hebrew margin, with some codices and two early printed editions, read "gates"(plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON, &C. All these are Prohibitives in Hebrew: i.e. they are addressed to Edom as from. spectator looking on and saying; "Look not thou, "&c. CHILDREN. sons. SPOKEN PROUDLY. Hebrew enlarged thy mouth [with laughter]. Compare Psalms 35:21.Isaiah 57:4.Ezekiel 35:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD IN THE CROSSWAY. Referring to some antecedent event by Figure of speech _Hysteresis_ (App-6). CROSSWAY. fork of the roads, or. mountain pass.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAY OF THE LORD. See note on Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17. The prophecy is now enlarged, and includes all the nations who were Israel's enemies. AS. according as. This prophecy was fulfilled, so far as Edom was concerned, later on (see. Macc. 5.4, 65. Josephus, _De Bell._ iv. 5); likewise will the... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. CONTINUALLY. Some codices, with four early printed editions (one Rabbinic in margin), read "round about", SWALLOW DOWN: or, stagger. Only elsewhere in Job 6:3. AS THOUGH, &C. Solemn and note worthy words.... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON MOUNT ZION. Compare Isaiah 46:13.Joel 2:32. SHALL BE. Compare Jeremiah 46:28; Joel 3:16; Amos 9:8. DELIVERANCE. a delivered remnant. Compare Joel 2:32. AND THERE SHALL BE, &C. Compare Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 4:3; Isaia [ Continue Reading ]
THERE SHALL NOT BE. Compare verses: Obadiah 1:9; Obadiah 1:9; Obadiah 1:16. ANY REMAINING. him that remaineth. Twenty-four centuries ago this prophecy was written, and to-day no Edomites can he identified. Compare Obadiah 1:14, and Numbers 24:19 (the same word). There will be. restored Edom, "in th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOUTH. the south [country], the Negeb. See note on Psalms 126:4. Compare Amos 9:12. THE PLAIN. the lowlands, the Shephelah [shall possess]. Compare Zephaniah 2:7. THEY. they [of the mountain], or [of the centre]. FIELDS. territory. AND BENJAMIN. and [they of] Benjamin.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAPTIVITY. the captives: "captivity" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the captives. THIS HOST: i.e. the whole of the twelve tribes. SHALL POSSESS. Supply the _Ellipsis_ thus: "they who are scattered among [the Canaanites]". EVEN, &C. Supply "[shall possess] as far... [ Continue Reading ]
SAVIOURS. deliverers: i.e. earthly and human, as in Judges 3:9; Judges 3:15. Compare Micah 5:4; Micah 5:5. See the Structure, above. THE KINGDOM SHALL BE THE LORD'S. Compare Psalms 22:28; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:14; Daniel 7:27; Zechariah 14: [ Continue Reading ]