Obadiah 1:10

Obadiah 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
• New International Version (NIV)Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, And you shall be cut off forever.

Context of Obadiah 1:10

8“On that day I will destroy the wise people in Edom and take wisdom away from Esau’s mountain,” declares the Lord. 9“Teman, your warriors will be terrified. Everyone on Esau’s mountain will be slaughtered. “Because of the violence you did to Jacob, your relative, you will be covered with shame. You will be destroyed forever. 11While you stood there doing nothing, strangers carried off Jacob’s wealth. Foreigners entered his gates and threw dice for Jerusalem. You acted like one of them. 12Don’t gloat over your relative’s misfortune or be happy when the people of Judah are destroyed. Don’t brag so much when they’re in distress.

Obadiah 1:10 word by word

מֵחֲמַ֛ס אָחִ֥יךָ יַעֲקֹ֖ב תְּכַסְּךָ֣ בוּשָׁ֑ה וְנִכְרַ֖תָּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• against thy brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• shameבּוּשָׁהbûshâh · shameH955
• shall coverכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• thee, and thou shalt be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:10

• Genesis 27:11Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “My brother Esau is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.
• Numbers 20:14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. He said, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardships we’ve had.
• Psalms 83:5They agree completely on their plan. They form an alliance against you:
• Psalms 137:7O Lord, remember the people of Edom. Remember what they did the day Jerusalem ⌞was captured⌟. They said, “Tear it down! Tear it down to its foundation.”
• Lamentations 4:21“Rejoice and be glad, people of Edom, inhabitants of the country of Uz. The cup ⌞of the Lord’s fury⌟ will be passed to you next. You’ll get drunk and take off all your clothes.
• Ezekiel 25:12“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Edom took revenge on the nation of Judah and became guilty because of it.
• Ezekiel 35:5“ ‘You have always been an enemy of Israel. You deserted the people of Israel in battle when they were in trouble during their final punishment.
• Amos 1:11This is what the Lord says: Because Edom has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The Edomites pursued their relatives with swords. They refused to show any compassion to them. Their anger was unstoppable. They refused to control their fury.
• Psalms 69:7Indeed, for your sake I have endured insults. Humiliation has covered my face.
• Psalms 89:45You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with shame. Selah
• Psalms 109:29Let those who accuse me wear disgrace as though it were clothing. Let them be wrapped in their shame as though it were a robe.
• Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on my anointed one will shine.”
• Jeremiah 3:25We must lie down in our shame and be covered by our disgrace. Ever since we were young, we and our ancestors have sinned against the Lord our God. We haven’t obeyed the Lord our God.
• Jeremiah 51:51We have been put to shame, and we have been disgraced. Shame covers our faces, because foreigners have gone into the holy places of the Lord’s temple.
• Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. All their faces will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.
• Micah 7:10Then my enemies will see this, and they will be covered with shame, because they asked me, “Where is the Lord your God?” Now I look at them. They are trampled like mud in the streets.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10For thy violence against thy brother Jacob - By this term the Israelites in general are understood; for the two brothers, - Jacob, from whom sprang the Jews, and Esau, from whom sprang the Idumeans or Edomites, - are here put for the whole people or descendants of both. We need not look for particular cases of the violence of the Edomites against the Jews. Esau, their founder, was not more inimical to his brother Jacob, who deprived him of his birthright…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For thy violence against thy brother Jacob - To Israel God had commanded: (Deuteronomy 23:7-8 (Deuteronomy 23:8, Deuteronomy 23:9 in the Hebrew text)), “Thou shalt not abbor an Edomite, for he is thy brother. The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.” Edom did the contrary to all this. “Violence” includes all sorts of ill treatment, from one with whom “might is right,” “because it is in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-14Because of the violence against your brother Jacob: The reason for Esau’s condemnation is explained in Obadiah 1:10 (see also Isaiah 34; Jeremiah 49:7–22; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11–12) and expanded in Obadiah 1:11–14, where Edom’s betrayal is described. In legal terms, these verses provide evidence for the charge of breaking a covenant.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. against thy brother--This aggravates the sin of Esau, that it was against him who was his brother by birth and by circumcision. The posterity of Esau followed in the steps of their father's hatred to Jacob by violence against Jacob's seed (Ge 27:41). Jacob--not merely his own brother, but his twin brother; hence the name Jacob, not Israel, is here put emphatically. Compare De 23:7 for the opposite feeling which Jacob's seed was commanded to entertain…Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:10

• Brother
• Edom
• Esau

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Jacob, Israel
• Edom; Edomites
• Joel (2)
• Negeb
• Obadiah, Book of
• Shame

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