Obadiah 1:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substancec in the day of their calamity; ”

Obadiah 1:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thou shouldest not - , rather it means, and can only mean , “And look not (i. e., gaze not with pleasure) on the day of thy brother in the day of his becoming a stranger ; and rejoice not ov...
Obadiah 1:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Obadiah 1:1-15 b. The Deserved Downfall of Edom. The prophet declares that interpretation of current events which Yahweh has revealed to him. Other nations are combining against Edom ( Obadiah 1:...
Obadiah 1:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It follows, Thou shouldest not enter the gates of my people in the day of their destruction, nor shouldest thou look on in their calamity. Probably the Idumeans had made an irruption in...
Obadiah 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on...
Obadiah 1:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But thou shouldest not have looked on— Houbigant reads the verbs in these verses in the imperative mood. Look not—rejoice not, &c. Instead of, Nor have laid hands on, &c. Obadiah 1:13...
Obadiah 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands...
Obadiah 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

10-16. — THE DIVINE SENTENCE JUSTIFIED BY EDOM’S GUILT. This justification takes the form of a warning against a repetition of the crimes which have already called forth the sentence of Divine wra...
Obadiah 1:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EDOM AND ISRAEL Obadiah 1:1-21 IF the Book of Obadiah presents us with some of the most difficult questions of criticism, it raises besides one of the hardest ethical problems in all the vexed...
Obadiah 1:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever. (11) In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away...
Obadiah 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity ,.... Or gates, as the Targum; the gates of any of their cities, and particularly those of Jerusalem; into whi...
Obadiah 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid [hands] on...
Obadiah 1:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people , &c. Thou shouldest not have entered into the cities of my people by way of spoiling them, or of feasting thy eyes with the slaughter,...
Obadiah 1:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Guilt of Edom. B. C. 587. 10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame sh...
Obadiah 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou shouldest not have entered, as an enemy, a conqueror, into the gate; by synecdoche, city is meant by gate. The Edomites warring among the Babylonians, did with them enter the gates of conquere...
Obadiah 1:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reason For The Invasion From YHWH's Viewpoint, Because Of Edom's Perfidy Towards Judah ( Obadiah 1:10-14 ). And the reason why Edom would be treated in this way was because of its behaviour to...
Obadiah 1:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:10 . Cause of ruin] Violence against the seed of Jacob. In different ways. Obadiah 1:11 .] For taking a position. Stoodest ] not as a looker-on, but as an enemy;...
Obadiah 1:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob. An old sin In two aspects. I. Working in the history of posterity. “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob.” The spirit of envy that was kindl...
Obadiah 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Punishment a Consequence of Idumea's Hostility
Obadiah 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 16:12 ; Psalms 22:17 ; Zechariah 1:15
Obadiah 1:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Entered — As an enemy.

Obadiah 1:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Obadiah 1:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Obadiah 1:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Obadiah 1:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Obadiah 1:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Obadiah 1:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Obadiah 1:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Obadiah 1:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Obadiah 1:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Obadiah 1:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Obadiah 1:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes