Obadiah 1:10

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

Berean Standard Bible

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

9Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.

11On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:11Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

Numbers 20:14From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

Psalms 69:7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.

Psalms 89:45You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”

Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

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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