“ Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. ”
Behold, I have made thee small - God, having declared His future judgments upon Edom, assigns the first ground of those judgments. Pride was the root of Edom’s sin, then envy; then followed exult...
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:...
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. Calling attention to the words of Jehovah.
Jeremiah uses nearly the same words; but the sense of the expression is ambiguous, when he says, ‘Lo, little have I set thee.’ To me it appears probable, that the Prophet reproves the Idumeans,...
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. I have made thee small among the heathen - God ever attributes to himself the rise and fall of nations. If they be great a...
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. Behold, I have made thee small - thy reduction to insignificance is as sure as if it were already accomplished: th...
1-9 . — THE DIVINE HOSTILITY AGAINST EDOM PROCLAIMED. (1) The vision of Obadiah. — Properly, vision of Obadiah, without the article. There are three recognised headings to prophetical books —...
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...
"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....
Behold, I have made thee small among the Heathen ,.... Or "a little one", or "thing" o; their number few, and their country not large, as Aben Ezra, especially in comparison of other nations; and th...
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. Ver. 2. Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen ] That is, vile, despicable, and abject, as Psalms 119:141 ,...
The vision of Obadiah The name of this prophet signifies, a servant , or a worshipper, of the Lord. Such he undoubtedly was, and also a prophet, but what he was in other respects we are not info...
The Doom of Edom. B. C. 587. 1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord G OD concerni...
Behold, ye Edomites , lay it to heart, and consider it well; be not secure amidst such dangers. I have made thee small; thou art a small people for number, thy land mountainous, rocky, and barr...
YHWH's Sentence On Edom ( Obadiah 1:2-4 ). YHWH's message to Edom was simple and straightforward. They had exalted themselves to the heavens, confident of their safety in their mountain stronghold...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amb .] God is represented as summoning armies and setting them in battle array, after the custom of earthly kings. Obadiah 1:3 . Clefts ] Jeremiah 49:16 . See Stanley for des...
Edom's Destruction Foretold
1 Samuel 2:7 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; Ezekiel 29:15 ; Isaiah 23:9 ; Job 34:25-29 ; Luke 1:51 ; Luke 1:52 ; Micah 7:10 ; Numbers 24:18 ; Psalms 107:39 ; Psalms 107:40
A Bird's-Eye View of Obadiah The Book of Obadiah INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1: A vision concerning Edom. We are well aware that Esau was the father of Edomites. When Isaac's sons were born they we...
Small — Thou art a small people. In comparison with other nations. Despised — What ever these Edomites had been, now they were despised.