Obadiah 1:15

Obadiah 1:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
• New International Version (NIV)“The day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.

Context of Obadiah 1:15

13Don’t march through the gates of my people when disaster strikes or gloat over their misery when disaster strikes. Don’t take their wealth when disaster strikes. 14Don’t stand at the crossroads to kill their refugees. Don’t hand over their survivors when they’re in distress. “The day of the Lord is near for all nations. Edom, you will be treated as you have treated others. You will get back what you have given. 16As you, Israel, drank on my holy mountain, so all nations will drink in turn. They will drink and guzzle down everything in it. They will be like those who have never existed. 17“But refugees will live on Mount Zion. It will be holy. The descendants of Jacob will get back their possessions.

Obadiah 1:15 word by word

כִּֽי־קָר֥וֹב יוֹם־יְהוָ֖ה עַל־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ יֵעָ֣שֶׂה לָּ֔ךְ גְּמֻלְךָ֖ יָשׁ֥וּב בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• nearקָרֹבqârôb qârôb · nearH7138
• upon all the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• as thou hast doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• unto thee: thy rewardגְּמוּלgemûl · recompenseH1576
• shall returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• upon thine own headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:15

• Psalms 110:5The Lord is at your right side. He will crush kings on the day of his anger.
• Jeremiah 9:25“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised.
• Jeremiah 25:15This is what the Lord God of Israel said to me: Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I’m sending you drink from it.
• Jeremiah 49:12This is what the Lord says: If those who don’t deserve to drink from the cup still drink from it, why should you go unpunished? You won’t go unpunished. You must drink from it.
• 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 30:3The day is near. The day of the Lord is near. It will be a gloomy day, a time of trouble for the nations.
• Joel 3:11Hurry from every direction, and gather there, all you nations. O Lord, bring your soldiers.
• Micah 5:15I will take revenge with great anger on the nations that do not obey me.”
• Zechariah 14:14Judah will also fight in Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected, a very large amount of gold, silver, and clothes.
• Judges 1:7Adoni Bezek said, “Seventy kings who had their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up food under my table. God has paid me back for what I did to them.” Judah’s troops brought Adoni Bezek to Jerusalem, where he died.
• Psalms 137:8You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us.
• Ezekiel 35:15You were happy when the land of Israel became a wasteland. I will do the same thing to you. You will become a wasteland, Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”
• Joel 3:7I am going to make them leave the place where you sold them. I will pay you back for what you have done.
• Habakkuk 2:8You have looted many nations. All the rest of the people will loot you because of the slaughter and violence done to lands, cities, and all their inhabitants.
• Matthew 7:2Otherwise, you will be judged by the same standard you use to judge others. The standards you use for others will be applied to you.
• James 2:13No mercy will be shown to those who show no mercy to others. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Commentaries on Obadiah 1:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The day of the Lord is near - God will not associate thee with him in the judgments which he inflicts. Thou also art guilty and shalt have thy punishment in due course with the other sinful nations.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15For the day of the Lord is near upon all the pagan - The prophet once more enforces his warning by preaching judgment to come. “The day of the Lord” was already known Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1, Joel 2:31, as a day of judgment upon “all nations,” in which God would “judge all the pagan,” especially for their outrages against His people. Edom might hope to escape, were it alone threatened. The prophet announces one great law of God‘s retribution, one rule of His…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The Day of the LORD is near: The phrase the day of the Lord sometimes referred to a specific event, like the destruction of Edom or Joel’s locust plague (Joel 1:15). In its final form, it represents God's final judgment on all godless nations. As you have done: Those who face judgment will find their punishment reflects their evil actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. For--resumptive in connection with Ob 10, wherein Edom was threatened with cutting off for ever. the day of the Lord--the day in which He will manifest Himself as the Righteous Punisher of the ungodly peoples (Joe 3:14). The "all" shows that the fulfilment is not exhausted in the punishment inflicted on the surrounding nations by the instrumentality of Nebuchadnezzar; but, as in Joe 3:14, and Zec 12:3, that the last judgment to come on the nations…Read the comment

Topics related to Obadiah 1:15

• Day
• Edomites

In the dictionaries

• Joel (2)
• Negeb
• Obadiah, Book of

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