Obadiah 1:2

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, I have made thee small - God, having declared His future judgments upon Edom, assigns the first ground of those judgments. Pride was the...
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. Oth...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. Calling attention to the words of Jehovah.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 himsel...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. Behold, I have made thee small - thy reduction to insignificance...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1-9 . — THE DIVINE HOSTILITY AGAINST EDOM PROCLAIMED. (1) The vision of Obadiah. — Properly, vision of Obadiah, without the article. There are...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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, A...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, v...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Edom. B. C. 587. 1 The vis...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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, conf...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Amb .] God is represented as summoning armies and setting them in battle array, after the custom of earthly kings. Obadiah 1:3...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Edom's Destruction Foretold
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen, the humiliation of Idumea being represented as having already been accomplished; thou art greatly...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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 fathe...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Small — Thou art a small people. In comparison with other nations. Despised — What ever these Edomites had been, now they were despised.

² Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

Related Commentaries of Obadiah 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Obadiah 1:2