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Obadiah 1:10

Israel
Sin

8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
KJV
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
WEB
For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.
ASV
For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
DARBY
Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
BLB
From the violence [to] your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever!
ÅB
For den vold du har gjort mot din bror Jakob, skal skam dekke deg, og du skal bli utryddet til evig tid.
OTB
På grunn av din vold mot din bror Jakob,
Vil skam dekke deg,
Og du vil bli avskåret for alltid.
B1930
For den vold du har gjort mot din bror Jakob, skal skam dekke dig, og du skal bli utryddet til evig tid.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 1:11

    Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

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  • Malachi 1:3–4

    And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

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  • Genesis 27:41

    And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

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  • Psalms 137:7

    Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

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  • Ezekiel 35:9

    I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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  • Psalms 89:45

    The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

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  • Ezekiel 25:12–14

    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

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  • Genesis 27:11

    And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

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