Abdías 1:1-21, Oseas 11:7 RVA

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:8

Obadiah 1:8Shall I not in that day . . . even destroy the wise men out of Edom.Pride in our wisdomBut we are warned by these words that if we excel in understanding we are not to abuse this singular gift of God, as we see the case to be with the ungodly, who turn to cunning whatever wisdom the Lord has bestowed on them. There is hardly one in a hundred to be found who does not seek to be crafty and deceitful if he excels in understanding. This is a very wretched thing. What a great treasure is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:10-14

Obadiah 1:10-14For thy violence against thy brother Jacob.An old sinIn two aspects.I. Working in the history of posterity. “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob.” The spirit of envy that was kindled in the heart of Esau towards his brother Jacob glowed and flamed with more or less intensity for ages in the soul of Edom towards the descendants of Jacob. It was shown in the unbrotherly refusal of the request of Moses to allow the children of Israel to pass through the land (Numbers... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:12-15

Obadiah 1:12-15But thou shouldst not have looked on the day of thy brother.The doom of EdomThe commentary on this prophecy is supplied by every traveller who has explored the recesses of the mountain of Esau. Every people that has the privileges of Edom, and like Edom abuses them, is without right to expect a more favourable issue from the hand of God. The general sentiment implied in this prophecy is, that a nation in prosperity abusing its advantages to the injury of less fortunate peoples,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:17-20

Obadiah 1:17-20But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness.Holiness on Mount ZionThe imagery of Scripture poetry often presents instructive truths, referring to more general subjects than those on which the sacred writer might, at the particular time, be called to dwell.I. Regard the text as respects Mount Zion. A grand Scripture type. Not only there God was worshipped, but there God Himself, as the object of worship, dwelt. Conceive of God, accepting Christ’s... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:21

Obadiah 1:21And saviours shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.Christ as a ConquerorThis is a vision concerning Edom, or the Mount of Esau, or Idumea, which are different names of one and the same country, the mountainous region to the south of Judaea. It is a prophecy of ruin to the Edomites, for their treatment of their kindred nation the Jews at the time of their trouble. When the remnant of the Jews were carried into Babylon, the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:1

Oba 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. Ver. 1. The vision of Obadiah ] The same, say some, that hid the Lord’s prophets, and fed them by fifty in a cave, when sought for to the slaughter by wicked Jezebel, 1 Kings 18:4 , whereupon himself also received a prophet’s reward; that is (saith Lyra), was endued with the spirit of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:2

Oba 1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. Ver. 2. Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen ] That is, vile, despicable, and abject, as Psalms 119:141 , "I am small and despised." Nothing is more ordinary than to "despise the day of small things," Zechariah 4:10 . And whereas God is said to be magnus in magnis, nec parvus in minimis, much in the greater neither little in the least, he had always kept down these profane Edomites, shutting them... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:3

Oba 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? Ver. 3. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee ] So as to make thee think thyself some great business when it’s no such matter, and that thou canst secure thyself in thy strongholds from thy strongest enemies: but herein thy pride hath befooled thee, and put the same trick upon thee that the serpent... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:4

Oba 1:4 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. Ver. 4. Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle ] Or, as the Arabic text hath it, ad aquilam, hard by the eagle; couldst thou fly as high a pitch as that bird, which is said to soar out of sight, and build thy nest aloft, as he doth, on the highest mountains and tallest trees, that the serpent may not come at his young. And though thou set thy nest... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:5

Oba 1:5 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? Ver. 5. If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night ] Or, what? have thieves come to thee? have robbers been here? O, sure it is worse than so with thee; they would never have made such clean work as they say, but have left somewhat behind them; they would never have played the harpies a in this... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:8

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:10-14

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:12-15

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:17-20

The Biblical Illustrator - Obadiah 1:21

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Obadiah 1:5

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