Obadiah 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For the day of the Lord, of just revenge from the Lord upon this cruelty of Edom, the time which the Lord hath appointed for the punishing of this and other nations, is near upon all the heathen; which God had given to Nebuchadnezzar, and which by this man's arms God would punish, as Jeremiah 27:2-7; and that day may justly be accounted near, which shall come within the compass of one man's life, and that well advanced in years, as Nebuchadnezzar now was. As thou hast done, perfidiously, cruelly, and ravenously against Jacob, with a hostile, revengeful mind, it shall be done by thine enemies to thee, as Obadiah 1:7; and this came to pass on Edom within five years after Jerusalem was sacked and ruined; within which space of time Obadiah prophesied, reproving Edom, and threatening him for what he had done against Jerusalem and its inhabitants. Thy reward, the punishment or retribution of evil for the evil thou hast done to Jacob, shall return; by God's just hand, and by thy enemy's cruel hand, shall be poured out upon thee. Upon thine own head: thy chief men, chief in the cruelty, shall be chief in suffering, for the measure thou hast measured shall be measured to thee, as Psalms 137:8 Ezekiel 35:15 Joel 3:7,8.