Obadiah 1:2

Obadiah 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
• New International Version (NIV)“See, I will make you small among the nations; you will be utterly despised.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You shall be greatly despised.

Context of Obadiah 1:2

1The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised. 3The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

Obadiah 1:2 word by word

הִנֵּ֥ה קָטֹ֛ן נְתַתִּ֖יךָ בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם בָּז֥וּי אַתָּ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

• madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• smallקָטֹןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• despisedבָּזָהbâzâh · to despiseH959

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:2

• Numbers 24:18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.
• 1 Samuel 2:7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
• Job 34:25Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
• Psalms 107:39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
• Isaiah 23:9Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
• Ezekiel 29:15It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
• Micah 7:10Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
• Luke 1:51He hath showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I have made thee small among the heathen - God ever attributes to himself the rise and fall of nations. If they be great and prosperous, it is by God's providence; if they be tow and depressed, it is by his justice. Compared with the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Syrians, Arabs, and other neighboring nations, the Idumeans were a small people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Behold, 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 exultation at his brother‘s fall, hard-heartedness and bloodshed. All this was against the disposition of God‘s Providence for him. God had made him small, in numbers, in honor, in territory. Edom was a wild mountain people. It was strongly guarded in the rock-girt…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4I will make you small: Several messages of judgment describe Edom’s specific sins against Israel (Obadiah 1:10–14; Jeremiah 49:7–22; Ezekiel 25:12–14; 36:5). Edom often appears among the nations that opposed Israel and the Lord (Isaiah 34; Ezekiel 35–36; Amos 9:1–15). small among the nations … The pride of your heart: Edom’s rocky landscape reflected the pride of its people. Just as their land was high and difficult to reach, the people of Edom thought…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. I have made thee small--Thy reduction to insignificance is as sure as if it were already accomplished; therefore the past tense is used [Maurer]. Edom then extended from Dedan of Arabia to Bozrah in the north (Jr 49:8, 13). Calvin explains it, "Whereas thou wast made by Me an insignificant people, why art thou so proud" (Ob 3)? But if so, why should the heathen peoples be needed to subdue one so insignificant? Jr 49:15, confirms Maurer's view.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Obadiah, Book of
• Edom, Edomite, Idumea
• Obadiah

Commentaries on Obadiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings