CRITICAL NOTES.] AMB.] God is represented as summoning armies and setting them in battle array, after the custom of earthly kings. OBADIAH 1:3. CLEFTS] Jeremiah 49:16. See _Stanley_ for description. The position, strong by nature and by art, was thought impregnable, hence their proud confidence and... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:5.] Spoliation shall be complete; not such as THIEVES or GRAPE-GATHERERS make, who leave the rest when they have had enough. OBADIAH 1:6. HIDDEN] places explored; all treasures _searched out_, lit. diligent and earnest tracking out (Zephaniah 1:12). _HOMILETICS_ THE I... [ Continue Reading ]
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, neighbouring states, would deceive them (Psalms 41:9). They that _eat bread_, lit. men of bread, their depe... [ Continue Reading ]
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 of hostility, not sympathy. OBADIAH 1:12.] For malicious pleasure in three forms—_looking_ on with... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:15. For] Resumptive from Obadiah 1:10. Righteous retribution in kind. OBADIAH 1:16.] The greatest crime the desecration of the holy mountain by drinking carousals, for which all nations are to drink of God’s wrath till utterly destroyed. NOT BEEN] (Job 10:19); not a tra... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:17.] Yet this MOUNT shall become a sanctuary for God and his people, who will POSSESS, regain their possessions. OBADIAH 1:18.] Israel, again united and unassailed, shall execute judgment upon others. A FIRE] Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 5:24. OBADIAH 1:19.] Extend its territ... [ Continue Reading ]