Obadiah 1:10

Because of the slaughter and the sin committed against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 warriors from Teman shall be dismayed, to the end that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.

11From the day that thou stoodest in opposition to him, in the days when foreigners were taking captive his forces, and strangers entered into his gates, and cast lots on Jerusalem, thou also wast as one of them.

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Cross References

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

Numbers 20:14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says thy brother Israel; Thou knowest all the distress that has come upon us.

Proverbs 17:5He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; 1 And he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: 1 But he that has compassion shall find mercy. 1

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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