Abdia 1:10

10 Per la violenza fatta al tuo fratello Giacobbe, vergogna ti coprirà, e sarai sterminato in perpetuo.

Abdia 1:10 Meaning and Commentary

Obadiah 1:10

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 the posterity of the one against the posterity of the other; and not singly of the violence shown at the destruction of Jerusalem, but in general of the anger they bore, the wrath they showed, and the injuries they did to their brethren the Jews, on all occasions, whenever they had an opportunity, of which the following is a notorious instance; and for which more especially, as well as for the above things, they are threatened with ruin: shame shall cover thee;
as a garment; they shall be filled with blushing, and covered with confusion, when convicted of their sin, and punished for it: and thou shalt be cut off for ever;
from being a nation; either by Nebuchadnezzar; or in the times of the Maccabees by Hyrcanus, when they were subdued by the Jews, and were incorporated among them, and never since was a separate people or kingdom.

Abdia 1:10 In-Context

8 In quel giorno, dice il Signore, non farò io perir di Edom i savi, e del monte di Esaù l’intendimento?

9 I tuoi uomini prodi saranno eziandio spaventati, o Teman; acciocchè sia sterminato ogni uomo dal monte di Esaù, per uccisione.

10 Per la violenza fatta al tuo fratello Giacobbe, vergogna ti coprirà, e sarai sterminato in perpetuo.

11 Nel giorno, che tu gli stavi dirincontro; nel giorno, che gli stranieri menavano in cattività il suo esercito, e i forestieri entravano dentro alle sue porte, e traevano le sorti sopra Gerusalemme, anche tu eri come l’un di loro.

12 Or non istare a riguardare, nel giorno del tuo fratello, nel giorno ch’egli è condotto in terra strana; e non rallegrarti de’ figliuoli di Giuda, nel giorno che periscono; e non allargar la bocca, nel giorno della lor distretta.