King James Version
Obadiah 1:10 in the King James Version says “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.” — study this verse from Obadiah chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.”
Obadiah 1:10 · KJV
Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
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.
For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. captive: or, his substance
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. spoken: Heb. magnified thy mouth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“against thy brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“shall cover”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
“thee and thou shalt be cut off”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
“for ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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