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

13You should not have plundered the land of Israel when they were suffering such calamity. You should not have gloated over their destruction when they were suffering such calamity. You should not have seized their wealth when they were suffering such calamity. 14You should not have stood at the crossroads, killing those who tried to escape. You should not have captured the survivors and handed them over in their terrible time of trouble. “The day is near when I, the Lord, will judge all godless nations! As you have done to Israel, so it will be done to you. All your evil deeds will fall back on your own heads. 16Just as you swallowed up my people on my holy mountain, so you and the surrounding nations will swallow the punishment I pour out on you. Yes, all you nations will drink and stagger and disappear from history. 17“But Jerusalem will become a refuge for those who escape; it will be a holy place. And the people of Israel will come back to reclaim their inheritance.

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 stands at your right hand to protect you. He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.
• Jeremiah 9:25“A time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—
• Jeremiah 25:15This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup filled to the brim with my anger, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
• Jeremiah 49:12And this is what the Lord says: “If the innocent must suffer, how much more must you! You will not go unpunished! You must drink this cup of judgment!
• Lamentations 4:21Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz, O people of Edom? But you, too, must drink from the cup of the Lord’s anger. You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.
• Ezekiel 30:3for the terrible day is almost here— the day of the Lord! It is a day of clouds and gloom, a day of despair for the nations.
• Joel 3:11Come quickly, all you nations everywhere. Gather together in the valley.” And now, O Lord, call out your warriors!
• Micah 5:15I will pour out my vengeance on all the nations that refuse to obey me.”
• Zechariah 14:14Judah, too, will be fighting at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the neighboring nations will be captured—great quantities of gold and silver and fine clothing.
• Judges 1:7Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
• Psalms 137:8O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
• Ezekiel 35:15You rejoiced at the desolation of Israel’s territory. Now I will rejoice at yours! You will be wiped out, you people of Mount Seir and all who live in Edom! Then you will know that I am the Lord.
• Joel 3:7“But I will bring them back from all the places to which you sold them, and I will pay you back for everything you have done.
• Habakkuk 2:8Because you have plundered many nations, now all the survivors will plunder you. You committed murder throughout the countryside and filled the towns with violence.
• Matthew 7:2For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.
• James 2:13There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

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