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OBA 1:1
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OBA 1:5
Obadiah 1:5. If thieves came, &c.— When thieves come to thee, when nightly robbers, when thou art laid to rest, will they not plunder as much as shall seem good to them? When the grape-gatherers shall come to thee, will they leave no grapes? Houbigant.
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OBA 1:7
Obadiah 1:7. All the men, &c.— They have driven thee even to the border; all the men of thy confederacy have betrayed thee; have prevailed over thee: The men of thy peace, of thy bread, have spread a share under thee: There is no understanding in thee.
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OBA 1:11
Obadiah 1:11. In the day that thou stoodest, &c.— Thou stoodest on the other side in the day that strangers, &c. The prophet considers the Chaldeans as preparing for the siege of Jerusalem, and demanding succours from the neighbouring people; particularly the Edomites.
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OBA 1:16
Obadiah 1:16. For as ye have drunk, &c.— For as I have given my wine to drink in my holy mountain, so, &c.
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OBA 1:17
Obadiah 1:17. The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions— Shall possess what they had before possessed; that is to say, their return from the Babylonish captivity.
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Obadiah 1:1. We have heard a rumour, &c.— See Jeremiah 49:14.Obadiah 1:3Obadiah 1:3. Thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock] He that dwelleth, &c.—hath said in his heart, &c. St. Jerome informs us, that all the southern part of Palestine was full of caverns scooped out of the rocks, and of subterraneous abodes, where the inhabitants dwelt. The Edomites are here addressed by the prophet as inhabiting these caverns.
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