Obadiah 1:10

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 didst stand aloof, in the day that strangers carried away 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 Rebekah his mother: 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

Numbers 20:14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom: 'Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us;

Psalms 69:7(69-8) Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

Psalms 89:45(89-46) The 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 shine.'

Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity shall not be 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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