Obadiah 1:18
And the Beis Ya'akov shall be an eish (fire), 1 and the Beis Yosef a flame, 1 and the Beis Esav for stubble, 1 and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; 1 and there shall not be any remaining of the Beis Esav; 1 for Hashem hath spoken. 1
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2 Samuel 19:20And said unto HaMelech, Let not adoni impute avon (iniquity) unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy eved did perversely the day that adoni HaMelech went out of Yerushalayim, that HaMelech should take it to his lev.
Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the eish licketh up the stubble, 1 and the flame consumeth the dry grass, 1 so their shoresh shall be as rottenness, 1 and their blossom shall go up as dust; 1 because they have cast away the Torat Hashem Tzva'os, 1 and spurned the word of the Kadosh Yisroel. 1
Isaiah 31:9And his rock shall pass away in magor (terror), 1 and his sarim shall desert the nes (battle flag) in panic, 1 saith Hashem, Whose fire is in Tziyon, 1 and His furnace in Yerushalayim.
Ezekiel 37:16Moreover, thou ben adam, take thee Etz Echad, and write upon it, For Yehudah, and for the Bnei Yisroel his chaverim; then take another Etz Echad, and write upon it, For Yosef, the Etz Ephrayim and for kol Bais Yisroel his chaverim;
Joel 2:5Like the noise of merkavot (chariots) 1 on the tops of mountains shall they leap, 1 like the noise of a flame of eish that devoureth the stubble, 1 as a strong people drawn up in milchamah (battle). 1
Amos 6:6That drink yayin in sacrificial bowls, 1 and anoint themselves with the finest ointments; 1 but they are not grieved for the shever Yosef (ruin of Yosef). 1
Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:18-21
Promises to Israel and Judah. ( b. c. 587.) 17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it. 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines:… Read the whole commentary →