Obadiah 1:10 Cross References - Thomson

¹⁰ On account of the impious slaughter of thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever.

¹¹ And Jacob said to his mother Rebekka, My brother Esau is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.

⁴¹ So Esau harboured a rooted hatred against Jacob on account of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And in this agitation of his mind Esau said, O! that, the days of mourning for my father were come that I may kill my brother Jacob.

¹⁴ Then Moses sent messengers from Kades, to the king of Edom, saying, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us. ¹⁵ Our fathers went down in 16 to Egypt, and we have sojourned in Egypt many years. And when the Egyptians ill treated us and our fathers, ¹⁶ we cried to the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to our voice; and having sent a messenger he hath brought us out of Egypt, and we are now at Kades, a city on the extremity of thy borders. ¹⁷ Let us pass through thy land. We will not march through the fields, nor vineyards, nor drink water out of thy cisterns. We will march along the king's high way, and will not turn aside to the right, nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. ¹⁸ But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me. If thou attempt it, I will come out to meet thee in battle. ¹⁹ Whereupon the children of Israel said, Let us pass through along the mountains, and if I, or my cattle drink of thy water, I will make thee compensation. Grant but this. It is but a small matter. Let us march through along the mountain. ²⁰ But he said, Thou shalt not pass through me. And Edom came out to meet him with a great multitude, and a strong hand. ²¹ As Edom would not grant Israel a passage through his borders, therefore they turned aside from him;

⁷ Because for thy sake I have borne reproach, confusion hath covered my face.

⁵ For with this intent they consulted in concert. Against thee have entered into conspiracy the hordes of the Idumeans and ⁶ the Ismaelites, Moab and the Agarenians; ⁷ Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, and the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre. ⁸ Assur also is joined with them: they are come to the assistance of the children of Lot. ⁹ Do thou to them as to Madiam and Sisara: as to Jabin at the brook of Kison.

⁴⁵ Thou hast shortened the days of his throne, and poured contempt upon him.

²⁹ Let them who traduce me, be clothed with shame: let them be covered with their shame as with a mantle.

¹⁸ His enemies I will clothe with shame; but on him my crown shall flourish.

⁷ Remember, Lord, the children of Edom; who in the day of Jerusalem said, Rase! Rase! down to its foundations!

¹³ For by myself I have sworn saith the Lord, thou shalt be a desolation and a reproach and a curse in this country and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.

¹⁷ and Idumea shall be a desolation. Every passenger shall express for it the sound of pity. ¹⁸ As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorra and the neighbouring cities, said the Lord Almighty, no man shall abide there, nor shall a son of man dwell there. ¹⁹ Behold they shall be like the lion which must go up from the swelling of Jordan to Aitham. For I will speedily drive them from that place. Therefore set ye chosen warriors against it. ²⁰ Because who is like me? Or who can withstand me? And who is the shepherd who can stand before me? Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord which he hath taken against Idumea, and the determination he hath come to against the inhabitants of Thaiman: Let all but the tenderest of the flock be destroyed; let all but a resting place for them be made a desolation.

⁵¹ [c] We are ashamed; because we have heard our reproach, disgrace hath covered our face; strangers have entered our sanctuaries; into the house of the Lord.

²¹ Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Idumea who dwellest in the land. To thee however the cup of the Lord will come and thou shalt drink and vomit.

¹⁸ And they shall gird on sackcloth; and amazement shall cover them. And shame shall be on all their faces: and on every head, baldness.

¹² Thus saith the Lord, Because Idumea in executing vengeance on the house of Juda gratified private resentment and executed the sentence with rigour. ¹³ Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will also stretch forth my hand against Idumea, and destroy out of it man and beast and make it a desolation. And they who are driven out of Thaiman shall fall by the sword. ¹⁴ And I will execute vengeance on Idumea by the hand of my people Israel who shall deal with Idumea according to mine indignation, and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance saith the Lord. For the same cause,

⁵ Because thou hast been a perpetual enemy and didst deceitfully lie in wait for the house of Israel; hast been a sword in the hand of enemies, in the time of revolt, in their last extremities; ⁶ therefore as I live, saith the Lord, Lord, as thou hast sinned unto blood, blood shall pursue thee. ⁷ And I will make the mountain of Seir an entire desert; and I will destroy from it men and cattle,

⁹ I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall no more be inhabited, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

¹² and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. I have heard the sound of thy revilings; because thou saidst, "The waste mountains of Israel are given us to be devoured, ¹³ "and didst utter swelling words against me with thy mouth: I heard them: therefore thus saith the Lord, to the joy of the whole land I will make thee a desert. ¹⁴ Thou mountain of Seir shalt be a desert; and all Idumea shall be destroyed; and thou shalt know that I the Lord am their God.

¹⁹ Egypt shall be a desolation, and Idumea a scene of destruction, for the injuries done to the children of Juda; for their having shed innocent blood in their land:

¹¹ Thus saith the Lord, For the three transgressions of Idumea, and for four shall I not be averse from it? Because they pursued their brother with a sword, and violated a mother on the ground: he indeed to evidence his intention seized by force; he kept up his horror and his onset till he accomplished his purpose;

¹⁰ and shame shall cover her who saith, "Where is thy God?" Mine eyes shall see her. She shall now be trodden down like dirt in the streets.

³ and slighted Esau and made his borders a waste, and the houses of a desert his inheritance. ⁴ For should he say, "Idumea is overthrown, let us return and build up the waste cities. "Thus saith the Lord Almighty, "Let them build, but I will overturn. They shall indeed be surnamed The borders of iniquity and A people to whom the Lord hath ever been opposed."