Obadiah 1:6

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

Related Commentaries of Obadiah 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How are the things of Esau searched out! - literally, “How are Esau, out searched!” i. e., Esau, as a whole and in all its parts and in all its b...
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

How...! Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. searched out: i.e. discovered by the enemies. Ginsburg thinks it should be read "stripped bare".
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He confirms the former sentence, — that the Idumeans in vain trusted that their riches would be safe, because they had hidden and deep recesses...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! How are the things of Esau searched out! - by hostile soldiers...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(5-9) The completeness of the overthrow awaiting Edom. It is no mere inroad of a marauding tribe. Something would escape the robber, though he migh...
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 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 sh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

How are [the things] of Esau searched out !.... Or how are the Esauites, the posterity of Esau, sought out! though they dwelt in the clefts of the r...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought up! Ver. 6. How are the things of Esau searched out! ] Or, as Drusiu...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If thieves come unto thee See note on Jeremiah 49:9 . How are his hidden things sought up! Those treasures and riches which he took all possible...
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

Esau; the father of this people, and here put for his posterity. All that the Edomites had laid up in the most secret places, in unsearchable caves...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Will Be Expelled From Edom By Those Who Will At First Appear To Be Their Friends ( Obadiah 1:5-9 ). Their punishment will be extreme and fina...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Obadiah 1:5 .] Spoliation shall be complete; not such as thieves or grape-gatherers make, who leave the rest when they have...
The Biblical Illustrator

How are the things of Esau searched out! Hidden things searched out All that any test or trial can do is to show what was in us already. In m...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

How are the things of Esau searched out! the spoiling of the country being complete in every respect. How are his hidden things sought up! so that...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 2:22 ; Isaiah 10:13 ; Isaiah 10:14 ; Isaiah 45:3 ; Jeremiah 49:10 ; Jeremiah 50:37 ; Matthew 6:19 ; Matthew 6:20 ; Psalms 139:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Esau — The father of this people, put for his posterity. Sought up — All that the Edomites had laid up in the most secret places, are seized and br...

⁶ How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

Related Commentaries of Obadiah 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Obadiah 1:6