Obadiah 1:1-9
Edom's Destruction Foretold... [ Continue Reading ]
Edom's Destruction Foretold... [ Continue Reading ]
The vision of Obadiah: Thus saith the Lord God, the supreme Ruler and Sovereign of the universe, CONCERNING EDOM: WE HAVE HEARD A RUMOR FROM THE LORD, tidings from Jehovah, the God of the covenant, the Protector of His people, AND AN AMBASSADOR IS SENT AMONG THE HEATHEN, with a powerful and comforti... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen, the humiliation of Idumea being represented as having already been accomplished; THOU ART GREATLY DESPISED, humiliated exceedingly.... [ Continue Reading ]
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, the Hebrew text making this very emphatic: "Betrayed hath thee the pride of thine heart," upon which Idumea depended, THOU THAT DWELLEST IN THE CLEFTS OF THE ROCK, in the mountain fastnesses of its rugged country, WHOSE HABITATION IS HIGH, for the territo... [ Continue Reading ]
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, with his home placed on inaccessible crags, AND THOUGH THOU SET THY NEST AMONG THE STARS, on the summit of the highest mountains, THENCE WILL I BRING THEE DOWN, SAITH THE LORD, for no one can escape His avenging justice.... [ Continue Reading ]
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, this being said for the sake of comparison, (HOW ART THOU CUT OFF!) WOULD THEY NOT HAVE STOLEN TILL THEY HAD ENOUGH? They take whatever they find, what is lying there to be taken readily. IF THE GRAPE-GATHERERS CAME TO THEE, WOULD THEY NOT LEAVE SOME GRA... [ Continue Reading ]
How are the things of Esau searched out! the spoiling of the country being complete in every respect. HOW ARE HIS HIDDEN THINGS SOUGHT UP! so that not one of its hiding-places would be unexplored by the foe.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 these ambassadors back, not wishing to be involved in the downfall of that nation; THE MEN THAT WERE A... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, who formerly had given such excellent counsel in every emergency, AND UNDERSTANDING OUT OF THE MOUNT OF ESAU? so that the people of Idumea would be hopeless in the face of the calamity which would strike them.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 BY SLAUGHTER, for that was the object of the Lord in taking away from them their wisdom and the use... [ Continue Reading ]
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob, the two nations being so closely related through their common ancestor, but the Edomites having continued the family feud practically from the time of Esau, SHAME SHALL COVER THEE, so that Idumea would be disgraced before the eyes of the world, AND THOU SH... [ Continue Reading ]
The Punishment a Consequence of Idumea's Hostility... [ Continue Reading ]
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, opposed to his brother Jacob, to the children of Israel, IN THE DAY THAT THE STRANGERS CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE HIS FORCES, probably when the Philistines and Arabians made a raid against Jerusalem, 2 Kings 8:20, AND FOREIGNERS ENTERED INTO HIS GATES AND C... [ Continue Reading ]
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger, namely, when Edom feasted his eyes upon the misfortunes which befell Judah; NEITHER SHOULDEST THOU HAVE REJOICED OVER THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH IN THE DAY OF THEIR DESTRUCTION, when calamity came upon the... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of My people in the day of their calamity, with a feeling of satisfaction over their misfortune; YEA, THOU SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED ON THEIR AFFLICTION IN THE DAY OF THEIR CALAMITY, with a malicious delight, NOR HAVE LAID HANDS ON THEIR SUBSTANCE IN THE... [ Continue Reading ]
neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, at the crossroads, where everybody was obliged to pass, TO CUT OFF THOSE OF HIS THAT DID ESCAPE, either to slay them or to deliver them to the enemies; NEITHER SHOULDEST THOU HAVE DELIVERED UP THOSE OF HIS THAT DID REMAIN IN THE DAY OF DISTRESS. As... [ Continue Reading ]
For the day of the Lord, when His punishment would descend upon all His enemies, IS NEAR UPON ALL THE HEATHEN; AS THOU HAST DONE, IT SHALL BE DONE UNTO THEE; THY REWARD, what he had earned by his wicked behavior, SHALL RETURN UPON THINE OWN HEAD.... [ Continue Reading ]
For as ye have drunk upon My holy mountain, in the desecration of a drunken orgy, SO SHALL ALL THE HEATHEN, of whom Edom was a type, DRINK CONTINUALLY, being obliged to drink the cup of the Lord's wrath; YEA, THEY SHALL DRINK, AND THEY SHALL SWALLOW DOWN, compelled to bear His punishment; AND THEY S... [ Continue Reading ]
But upon Mount Zion, in the midst of the Lord's Church, SHALL BE DELIVERANCE, the congregation of such as are saved from the judgment of destruction; AND THERE SHALL BE HOLINESS, that is, Mount Zion would be a sanctuary, no longer to be desecrated by the enemies; AND THE HOUSE OF JACOB SHALL POSSESS... [ Continue Reading ]
The Deliverance of God's People... [ Continue Reading ]
And the house of Jacob, Judah, as representative of the Church of God in the Old Testament, SHALL BE A FIRE, through the burning zeal of God which lives in His believers, AND THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH, the northern tribes in their believing representatives, A FLAME, AND THE HOUSE OF ESAU, the nation of Ed... [ Continue Reading ]
And they of the South, the members of the tribe of Judah, SHALL POSSESS THE MOUNT OF ESAU, according to the prophecy which states that the Messiah would dwell in the midst of His enemies, AND THEY OF THE PLAIN, the Lord's people of the southwestern plains, THE PHILISTINES, another tribe and country... [ Continue Reading ]
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, the very ones who had suffered on account of the hostility of the enemies, SHALL POSSESS THAT OF THE CANAANITES, EVEN UNTO ZAREPHATH, or Sarepta, a city in the extreme northern portion of the country, within the boundaries of Phoenicia; AND T... [ Continue Reading ]
And saviors, men who would bring the deliverance of the Lord, SHALL COME UP ON MOUNT ZION, appearing in the Church of the Lord as His messengers, TO JUDGE THE MOUNT OF ESAU, as typical of the entire heathen world; AND THE KINGDOM SHALL BE THE LORD'S; for Jehovah's Kingdom of Grace will be establishe... [ Continue Reading ]