Obadiah 1:2
“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.
BSB
ASV
Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised.
KJV
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
(Version 2, verse 2) Behold, I have made you a little one among the nations: you are very contemptible. The pride of your heart has lifted you up, dwelling in the clefts of the rock, exalting your throne, saying in your heart: Who will bring me down to the ground? If you elevate yourself like an eagle, and if you place your nest among the stars: from there I will bring you down, says the Lord. LXX: Behold, I have made you a little one among the nations: you are very dishonored.
I 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.
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 (Jer 49:8, 13). CALVIN explains it, "Whereas thou wast made by Me an insignificant people, why art thou so proud" (Ob 3)?
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Isaiah 23:9The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
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I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
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Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like…
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Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
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Numbers 24:18Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.
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that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
