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 Living Translation (NLT)“Because of the violence you did to your close relatives in Israel, you will be filled with shame and destroyed forever.

Context of Obadiah 1:10

8“Will I not in that day,” says the Lord, “Even destroy the wise men from Edom, And understanding from the mountains of Esau? 9Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau May be cut off by slaughter. “For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, And you shall be cut off forever. 11In the day that you stood on the other side— In the day that strangers carried captive his forces, When foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem— Even you were as one of them. 12“But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother In the day of his captivity; Nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah In the day of their destruction; Nor should you have spoken proudly In the day of 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 27:11And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
• Numbers 20:14Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. “Thus says your brother Israel: ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
• Psalms 83:5For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You:
• Psalms 137:7Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, “Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation!”
• Lamentations 4:21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, You who dwell in the land of Uz! The cup shall also pass over to you And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.
• Ezekiel 25:12‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,”
• Ezekiel 35:5“Because you have had an ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, when their iniquity came to an end,
• Amos 1:11Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity; His anger tore perpetually, And he kept his wrath forever.
• Psalms 69:7Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.
• Psalms 89:45The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah
• Psalms 109:29Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.
• Psalms 132:18His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon Himself His crown shall flourish.”
• Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our shame, And our reproach covers us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, We and our fathers, From our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”
• Jeremiah 51:51We are ashamed because we have heard reproach. Shame has covered our faces, For strangers have come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
• Ezekiel 7:18They will also be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame will be on every face, Baldness on all their heads.
• Micah 7:10Then she who is my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will see her; Now she will be trampled down 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
• 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