New King James Version
Obadiah 1:2
2“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You shall be greatly 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly 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, saying, “Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”): “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You shall be greatly despised. 3The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’ 4Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.
Read all of Obadiah 1Obadiah 1:2 word by word
הִנֵּ֥ה קָטֹ֛ן נְתַתִּ֖יךָ בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם בָּז֥וּי אַתָּ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Obadiah 1:2
- Numbers 24:18“And Edom shall be a possession; Seir also, his enemies, shall be a possession, While Israel does valiantly.
- 1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
- Job 34:25Therefore He knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
- Psalms 107:39When they are diminished and brought low Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,
- Isaiah 23:9The Lord of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
- Ezekiel 29:15It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore.
- 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.
- Luke 1:51He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination 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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