Obadiah 1:7

All the men of thy alliance 1 have forced thee and brought thee even to the border; 1 the anshei shlomecha (the men that were at peace with thee) have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; 1 they that eat thy lechem (bread) 1 have laid a mazor (net, trap) under thee; 1 there is none detecting it. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

In Context

6How is Esav searched out! 1 How are his hidden treasures pillaged! 1

8Shall I not in that day, saith Hashem, 1 even destroy the chachamim (wise men) out of Edom, 1 and understanding out of the Har Esav? 1

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Cross References

Psalms 41:10Yea, mine own ish shalom (familiar friend, close friend), in whom I trusted, 1 which did eat of my lechem, hath lifted up his heel + 41:10 i.e., deceitfully showed enmity against me. + 41:10 See Yn 13:18 1

Isaiah 19:11Surely the sarim of Tzoan are fools, 1 the etzah (advice) of the wise counselors of Pharaoh is become senseless; 1 how say ye unto Pharaoh, 1 I am the Ben Chachamim, 1 the Ben Malchei Kedem? 1

Jeremiah 4:30And thou, O plundered one, + 4:30 Jerusalem 1 what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, 1 though thou deckest thee with jewelry of zahav, 1 though thou paintest thy eyes with cosmetics, 1 in vain thou adornest thyself; 1 thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy nefesh. 1

Jeremiah 30:14All thy lovers have forgotten thee; 1 they seek thee not; 1 for I have wounded thee with the makkat oyev, 1 with the musar (chastisement) of a cruel one, 1 for the multitude of thine avon, because thy sins were increased. 1

Jeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom, thus saith Hashem Tzva'os; 1 Is chochmah no more in Teman? 1 Is etzah perished from the prudent? 1 Is their chochmah vanished? 1

Ezekiel 23:22Therefore, O Oholivah, thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I will stir up thy lovers against thee, from whom thou hast alienated thy nefesh, and I will bring them against thee on every side;

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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