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Verse Obadiah 1:9. _THY MIGHTY_ MEN, _O TEMAN_] This was one of the
strongest places in Idumea; and is put here, as in Amos 1:12, and
elsewhere, for _Idumea_ itself.
_MOUNT OF ESAU_] Mount _Seir_....
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AND THY MIGHTY, O TEMAN, SHALL BE DISMAYED - The pagan, more
religiously than we, ascribed panic to the immediate action of one of
their gods, or to Nature deified, Pan, i. e., the Universe: wrong as...
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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...
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TEMAN. Compare Jeremiah 49:7....
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Though thus shamefully betrayed and utterly spoiled, the Edomites
might yet possibly have recovered themselves, if those inherent
qualities in which the strength of nations as of individuals consists,...
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_by slaughter_ i.e. by slaughter inflicted on them by their enemies.
This is the simplest and most natural meaning. It might be rendered,
as the same preposition is at the beginning of the next verse,...
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_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...
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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...
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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.
THY MIGHTY MEN, O TEMAN, SHALL BE DISMAYED, TO THE END THAT EVERY ONE
OF...
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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...
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(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...
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וְ חַתּ֥וּ גִבֹּורֶ֖יךָ תֵּימָ֑ן
לְמַ֧עַן יִכָּֽרֶת...
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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...
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"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...
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The Prophet, after having spoken of one kind of God’s vengeance,
adds another, — that he would break whatever there was of strength
in Idumea: and thus he shows that the courage and strength of men, n...
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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...
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AND THY MIGHTY [MEN], O TEMAN, SHALL BE DISMAYED,.... Teman was one
part of the country of Edom, so called from Teman, a son of Eliphaz,
and grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:11; and which it seems had bee...
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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.
Ver. 9. _And thy mighty men, O Teman_] Thy giants, thy champions,
that da...
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_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...
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Edom's Destruction Foretold...
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And thy mighty men, O Teman, the inhabitants of the southern district
of Idumea, SHALL BE DISMAYED, TO THE END THAT EVERY ONE OF THE MOUNT
OF ESAU, of their entire mountainous country, MAY BE CUT OFF...
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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...
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MIGHTY MEN; valiant commanders and soldiers, who were never blemished
with cowardice, who formerly durst adventure on greatest dangers and
encounter most formidable enemies, and were never daunted wit...
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Obadiah 1:9 mighty H1368 Teman H8487 dismayed H2865 (H8804) everyone
H376 mountains H2022 Esau H6215 off H3772 ...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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OBADIAH—NOTE ON OBADIAH 1:8 ON THAT DAY refers back to vv. Obadiah
1:1 and looks toward “the day of the LORD” in v....
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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...
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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...
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Amos 1:12; Amos 2:16; Deuteronomy 2:5; Ezekiel 25:13; Genesis 36:11;...
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Teman — A principal city of Idumea....
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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...