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

13Do not enter the gate of My people On the day of their disaster. You indeed, do not gloat over their catastrophe On the day of their disaster. And do not lay a hand on their wealth On the day of their disaster. 14Do not stand at the crossroads To eliminate their survivors; And do not hand over their refugees On the day of their distress. “For the day of the Lord is near for all the nations. Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head. 16For just as you drank on My holy mountain, All the nations will drink continually. They will drink to the last drop, And become as if they had never existed. 17But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape, And it will be holy. And the house of Jacob will possess their property.

Obadiah 1:15 word by word

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

• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• is nearקָרֹבqârôb qârôb · nearH7138
• for allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• you have doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• dealingsגְּמוּלgemûl · recompenseH1576
• will returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• on your own headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:15

• Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath.
• Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised--
• Jeremiah 25:15For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and give it to all the nations to whom I send you, to drink from it.
• Jeremiah 49:12For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, so are you the one who will be held completely blameless? You will not be held blameless, but you will certainly drink it.
• Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be joyful, daughter of Edom, Who lives in the land of Uz; But the cup will pass to you as well, You will become drunk and expose yourself.
• Ezekiel 30:3For the day is near, Indeed, the day of the Lord is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.
• Joel 3:11Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, Lord, Your warriors.
• Micah 5:15And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath On the nations which have not obeyed.”
• Zechariah 14:14Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance.
• Judges 1:7And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
• Psalms 137:8Daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, Blessed will be one who repays you With the retribution with which you have repaid us.
• Ezekiel 35:15As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be a desolation, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”’
• Joel 3:7behold, I am going to stir them up from the place where you have sold them, and return your retribution on your head.
• Habakkuk 2:8Since you have looted many nations, All the rest of the peoples will loot you-- Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants.
• Matthew 7:2For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.
• James 2:13For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; 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