Obadiah 1:9 BSB — MannaFest

Obadiah 1:9

Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed,.... Teman was one part of the country of Edom, so called from Teman, a son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau, Gen 36:11; and which it seems had been famous for men of might and courage: it abounded with brave officers, and courageous soldiers, who should now be quite dispirited, and have no heart to go out against the enemy; and, instead of defending their country, should throw away their arms, and run away in a fright.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And thy mighty, O Teman, shall be dismayed - The pagan, more religiously than we, ascribed panic to the immediate action of one of their gods, or to Nature deified, Pan, i. e., the Universe: wrong as to the being whom they “ignorantly worshiped;” right, in ascribing it to what they thought a divine agency. Holy Scripture at times discovers the hidden agency, that we may acknowledge God’s Hand in those terrors which we cannot account for.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate connect these words with Ob 10, "for the slaughter, for the violence (of which thou art guilty) against thy brother Jacob." English Version, "cut off by slaughter" (that is, an utter cutting off), answers well to "cut off for ever" (Ob 10). However, the arrangement of the Septuagint gives a better parallelism in Ob 10.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְחַתּ֥וּ	ve.cha.Tu	and they will be dismayed	H2865 →
גִבּוֹרֶ֖יךָ	gi.bo.Rei.kha	warriors your	H1368 →
תֵּימָ֑ן	tei.Man	O Teman	H8487 →
לְמַ֧עַן	le.Ma.'an	so that	H4616 →
יִכָּֽרֶת־	yi.ka.ret-	he may be cut off	H3772 →
אִ֛ישׁ	'ish	everyone	H376 →
מֵהַ֥ר	me.Har	from [the] mountain of	H2022 →
עֵשָׂ֖ו	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →
מִקָּֽטֶל׃	mi.Ka.tel	from slaughter	H6993 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 49:22
Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
leads to
- Jeremiah 48:40–41
  For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
- Hosea 8:1
  Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
- Isaiah 13:8
  Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
Through
Amos 1:12
So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 49:7
  Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Obadiah 1:9–10
  Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.
Through
Ezekiel 25:13
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman…
leads to
- Malachi 1:3–4
  but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
- Ezekiel 29:8
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
- Jeremiah 25:23
  Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;

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Where the connections lead

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About Obadiah