English Standard Version
Obadiah 1:2
2Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You shall be greatly despised.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord says to Edom, “I will cut you down to size among the nations; you will be greatly despised.
Context of Obadiah 1:2
1The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!" Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised. 3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?" 4Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord.
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הִנֵּ֥ה קָטֹ֛ן נְתַתִּ֖יךָ בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם בָּז֥וּי אַתָּ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Obadiah 1:2
- Numbers 24:18Edom shall be dispossessed; Seir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed. Israel is doing valiantly.
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
- Job 34:25Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
- Psalms 107:39When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow,
- Isaiah 23:9The Lord of hosts has purposed it, to defile the pompous pride of all glory, to dishonor all the honored of the earth.
- Ezekiel 29:15It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations.
- Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the Lord your God?" My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like the mire of the streets.
- Luke 1:51He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
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
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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
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