What does Obadiah 1:12 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spokenb proudly in the day of distress."
Verse Obadiah 1:12. _THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED_] It shows a malevolent heart to rejoice in the miseries of those who have acted unkindly or wickedly towards us. The Edomites triumphed when they s...
BUT THOU SHOULDEST NOT - , rather it means, and can only mean , “And look not (i. e., gaze not with pleasure) on the day of thy brother in the day of his becoming a stranger ; and rejoice not over the...
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...
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 PRO...
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...
BUT THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON— Houbigant reads the verbs in these verses in the imperative mood. _Look not—rejoice not,_ &c. Instead of, _Nor have laid hands on,_ &c. Obadiah 1:13. Houbigant r...
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 sto...
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nei...
1:12 disaster; (c-18) Or 'strange [fate].' see Job 31:3 ....
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...
וְ אַל ־תֵּ֤רֶא בְ יֹום ־אָחִ֨יךָ֙ בְּ יֹ֣ום נָכְרֹ֔ו וְ אַל ־תִּשְׂמַ֥ח לִ בְנֵֽי...
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...
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became (i) a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;...
_Though shalt not look, &c., or thou shouldst not, &c. It is a reprehension for what they had done, and at the same time a declaration that these things should not pass unpunished. (Challoner) --- God...
"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 enumerates here the kinds of cruelty which the Idumeans exercised towards the Church of God, the children of Abraham, their own kindred. But he speaks by way of prohibition; it is then a p...
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...
BUT THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON THE DAY OF THY BROTHER,.... The day of his calamity, distress, and destruction, as afterwards explained; that is, with delight and satisfaction, as pleased with i...
_But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nei...
_But thou shouldest not have looked upon the day of thy brother _ On his evil day. Thou oughtest not to have taken pleasure at the sight of thy brother's calamity. So the expression of _looking upon a...
The Punishment a Consequence of Idumea's Hostility...
THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED: Or, do not behold, etc. SPOKEN PROUDLY: _ Heb._ magnified thy mouth...
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...
THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED with secret joy and satisfaction to thy eyes and mind; if thou wouldst have looked, it should have been with tears and grief, not with joy and gladness at the sight: so...
Obadiah 1:12 gazed H7200 (H8799) day H3117 brother H251 day H3117 captivity H5235 rejoiced H8055 (H8799) children H1121 Judah H3063 day H3117 destruction H6 (H8800) spoken H6310 proudly H1431 (H8686)...
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 ‘y...
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...
OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:12 These verses spell out Edom’s violent acts. The Edomites took advantage of Judah’s situation during the Babylonian crisis (Psalms 137:7; Ezekiel 25:12; Ezekiel 35:1). ⇐ ⇔...
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...
1 Samuel 2:3; 2 Peter 2:18; Ezekiel 25:6; Ezekiel 25:7; Ezekiel 35:15; Isaiah 37:24; James 3:5; Job 31:29; Jude 1:16; Lamentations 4:21;...
Looked — With joy on the affliction. A stranger — As a stranger, one who had no more right to any thing in the land. Proudly — Vaunting over the Jews, when Jerusalem was taken....
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...