Obadiah 1:2

“Behold, I have made you little among nations, || You [are] despised exceedingly.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

In Context

1Thus said Lord YHWH to Edom || (We have heard a report from YHWH, || And an ambassador among nations was sent, || “Rise, indeed, let us rise against her for battle”):

3The pride of your heart has lifted you up, || O dweller in clefts of a rock || (A high place [is] his habitation, || He is saying in his heart: Who brings me down [to] earth?)

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:7YHWH dispossesses, and He makes rich, || He makes low, indeed, He makes high.

Psalms 107:39And they are diminished, and bow down, || By restraint, evil, and sorrow.

Jeremiah 49:15For behold, I have made you little among nations, || Despised among men.

Micah 7:10And my enemy sees, || And shame covers her, || Who says to me, “Where [is] your God YHWH?” My eyes look on her, || Now she is for a treading-place, || As mire of the out-places.

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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