Obadiah 1:10

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 Theman, shall be dismayed, in order that every one from the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

11On the day that thou stoodest on the other side, on the day that strangers carried away captive his army, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots over Jerusalem, also thou wast as any 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 hath said thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the hardship that hath befallen us.

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

Psalms 89:45(89:46) Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. Selah.

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

Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker: he that is glad at calamities will not remain 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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