Obadiah 1:7

All the men of your alliance will send you on your way to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. They who eat your bread have set a trap under you. There is no understanding in him.

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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 Esau has been ransacked, his hidden treasures will be searched out!

8“Will I not on that day,” says Yahweh, “destroy the wise men from Edom and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?

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Cross References

Psalms 41:10But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me and raise me up 1 so that I may pay them back. 1

Isaiah 19:11The princes of Zoan are completely foolish. The advice of the wisest advisors of Pharaoh has become senseless. 1 How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of wise men, a son of ancient kings?” 1

Jeremiah 4:30Now that you have been devastated, what will you do? For though you dress in scarlet, adorn yourself with gold jewelry, and make your eyes look bigger with paint, the men who lusted for you now reject you. Instead, they are trying to take away your life.

Jeremiah 30:14All of your lovers have forgotten you. They will not look for you, 1 for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy and the discipline of a cruel master 1 because of your many iniquities and your innumerable sins. 1

Jeremiah 49:7About Edom, Yahweh of hosts says this, “Is there no longer any wisdom to be found in Teman? 1 Has good advice disappeared from those who have understanding? Has their wisdom become corrupted? 1

Ezekiel 23:22Therefore, Oholibah, the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Behold! I will turn your lovers against you. 1 Those from whom you turned away, I will bring them against you from every side: 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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