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Obadiah 1:14 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Obadiah 1:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Obadiah chapter 1 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. delivered up: or, shut up”
Obadiah 1:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Obadiah 1:14
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape—Edom's cruelty exceeded gloating and looting; they actively murdered refugees. "Stood in the crossway" (תַּעֲמֹד עַל־הַפֶּרֶק, ta'amod al-happereq) means positioning themselves at escape routes, mountain passes where fleeing Judeans would travel. "To cut off" (לְהַכְרִית, lehachrit) means to kill, destroy, eliminate. They hunted down survivors who escaped Babylon's slaughter.Neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress (וְאַל־תַּסְגֵּר שְׂרִידָיו בְּיוֹם צָ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Obadiah 1:14
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“And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.”
“and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress.”
“so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.”
“Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.,And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth., וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר חִזְקִיָּהוּ יוֹם־צָרָה וְתוֹכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ אַיִן לְלֵדָה׃ ,And they said unto him: Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble”
“and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God”