Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.Bring thee down — God who is in the heavens would throw thee down. When men could not marshal armies against thee, stars should fight in their courses against thee. Nothing can stand which God will cast down, Jeremiah 49:16,17. read more
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?If thieves — If thieves by day had spoiled thee, they would not have thus stripped thee.Robbers — If robbers in the night had been with thee, they would have left somewhat behind them.'Till they had enough — But here is nothing left.Some grapes — But here have been those that have cut up the vine. read more
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!Esau — The father of this people, put for his posterity.Sought up — All that the Edomites had laid up in the most secret places, are seized and brought forth by soldiers. read more
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 under thee: there is none understanding in him.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 with sharp points.No understanding — Thou wast not aware of... read more
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.Teman — A principal city of Idumea. read more
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.In the day — During the war which the Babylonians made upon Judea.Stoodest — Didst set thyself in battle array against thy brother.Jerusalem — Upon the citizens and their goods.As one of them — As merciless and insolent as any of them. read more
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 spoken proudly in the day of distress.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. read more
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;Entered — As an enemy. read more
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.The breaches — Of the walls, by which when the city was taken, some might have made their escape.Delivered — To the Chaldeans.Remain — Survived the taking of the city. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Obadiah 1:3
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?The pride — The Edomites were, as most mountaineers are, a rough hardy, and daring people. And proud above measure.Deceived thee — Magnifying thy strength above what really it is. read more