For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
The Prophet here sets forth the reason why God would deal so severely and dreadfully with the Idumeans. Had he simply prophesied of their destruction, it would have been an important matter; for the Jews might have thereby known that their ruin was not chance, but the scourge of God; they might have known that they themselves were with others chastised by God, and this...
Edom stands convicted and condemned for one crime above all: violence against their brother Jacob. This ancient grudge against God's own people fills their measure; injuries to His people are affronts to God Himself, and He will take vengeance.
AI summary
Commenting on Obadiah 1:10-16
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob,.... Which is aggravated: by being against Jacob, an honest plain hearted man, and whom the Lord loved; his brother, his own brother, a twin brother, yea, his only brother; yet this is to be understood, not so much of the violence of Esau against Jacob personally, though there is an allusion to that; as of the violence of...