Obadiah 1:2

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 King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You shall be greatly despised.

Context of Obadiah 1:2

1The vision of Obadiah. Thus says Adonai Elohim concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Adonai— and an envoy has been sent among the nations: “Arise and let us rise up against her in battle.” Behold, I will make you least among the nations, you will be greatly despised. 3The arrogance of your heart has deceived you— living in the clefts of the rock—his dwelling place is lofty, saying in his heart: ‘Who shall bring me down to the earth?’ 4Even if you soar like the eagle, and even if you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down.’” declares Adonai.

Obadiah 1:2 word by word

הִנֵּ֥ה קָטֹ֛ן נְתַתִּ֖יךָ בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם בָּז֥וּי אַתָּ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold, I have madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• thee smallקָטֹןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• among the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• thou art greatlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• despisedבָּזָהbâzâh · to despiseH959

Cross-references for Obadiah 1:2

• Numbers 24:18Edom will be conquered— his enemies will conquer Seir, but Israel will triumph.
• 1 Samuel 2:7Adonai makes poor and makes rich, He brings low and also lifts up.
• Job 34:25Thus He recognizes their deeds, He overturns them in the night and they are crushed.
• Psalms 107:39after they were few and crushed by oppression, calamity and sorrow.
• Isaiah 23:9Adonai-Tzva’ot has planned it, to defile the pride of all glory, to shame all the honored of earth.
• Ezekiel 29:15It will be the lowliest of the kingdoms. It will no longer exalt itself above the nations. I will diminish them, so that they no longer rule over the nations.
• Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her— she who said to me: “Where is Adonai, your God?” My eyes will gaze at her— now she will be trampled like mud in streets.
• Luke 1:51He has displayed power with His arm. He has scattered the proud in the thoughts 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

In the dictionaries

• Obadiah, Book of
• Edom, Edomite, Idumea
• Obadiah

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