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 in him: or, no discernment of it: in spite of their renown for wisdom. Compare Obadiah 1:8; Jeremiah 49:7.
Verse Obadiah 1:7. _ALL THE MEN OF THY CONFEDERACY_] The Chaldeans are here intended, to whom the Idumeans were attached, and whose agents they became in exercising cruelties upon the Jews. _HAVE BR...
ALL THE MEN OF THY CONFEDERACY HAVE BROUGHT THEE EVEN TO THE BORDER - Destruction is more bitter, when friends aid in it. Edom had all along with unnatural hatred persecuted his brother, Jacob. So, in...
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...
The general drift of this verse is plain. It introduces another particular in which the pride of Edom had deceived her. Her trust in the wisdom of her policy, in the sagacious alliances which she had...
_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...
ALL THE MEN, &C.— _They have driven thee even to the border; all the men of thy confederacy have betrayed thee; have prevailed over thee: The men of thy peace, of thy bread, have spread a share under...
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...
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound und...
1:7 thee (a-20) Lit. 'the men of thy peace.'...
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...
(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...
עַֽד ־הַ גְּב֣וּל שִׁלְּח֗וּךָ כֹּ֚ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י...
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...
All the men of thy confederacy (e) have brought thee [even] to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, [and] prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy (f) bread have lai...
_Peace. The enemy had used their services against the Jews; but now they invade their confederates. (Calmet) --- Of this the Idumeans were not aware. (Haydock)_...
"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...
Here the Prophet expresses the manner in which God would punish the Idumeans: trusting in their confederacies, they despised God, as we have already had to observe. The Prophet now shows that it is in...
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...
ALL THE MEN OF THY CONFEDERACY HAVE BROUGHT THEE [EVEN] TO THE BORDER,.... Or of "thy covenant" r; that are in league with thee; thine allies, even all of them, prove treacherous to thee, in whom thou...
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee [even] to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, [and] prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread have laid a woun...
_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...
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border, or, "To the border have they escorted thee, all thy confederates," that is, the allies, to whom Idumea sent for assistance, sent th...
Edom's Destruction Foretold...
the men that were at peace: _ Heb._ the men of thy peace THEY THAT EAT THY BREAD: _ Heb._ the men of thy bread IN: Or, of it...
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...
ALL THE MEN OF THY CONFEDERACY; they who by league had bound themselves to assist with men and arms, who had made an offensive and defensive league. HAVE BROUGHT THEE EVEN TO THE BORDER; either have c...
Obadiah 1:7 men H582 confederacy H1285 force H7971 (H8765) border H1366 men H582 peace H7965 deceive H5377 ...
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...
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...
_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...
OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:7 The past-tense verbs speak about a future event as though it were already completed (compare vv. Obadiah 1:5). Just as Edom betrayed its own brother Jacob (vv....
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...
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...
Ezekiel 23:22; Hosea 13:13; Isaiah 19:11; Isaiah 27:11; Jerem
Thy confederacy — Thy confederates have marched with thee until thou wert come to the borders of thy country. Deceived thee — Proved treacherous. Prevailed — Treacherously. A wound — A snare armed wit...
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...