Obadiah 1:10

Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

In Context

9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:11And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

Numbers 20:14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us,

Psalms 69:7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

Psalms 89:45The days of his youth hast thou shortened; thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Psalms 132:18His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh a poor [man] reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.

Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:2-10

The Doom of Edom. ( b. c. 587.) 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. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 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? 4 Though thou exalt… Read the whole commentary →

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