What Does Obadiah 1:11 Mean?

“In the day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“that thou stoodest”

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

a front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before

“In the day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“carried away captive”

to transport into captivity

“that the strangers”

to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

“his forces”

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

“and foreigners”

strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)

“entered”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“into his gates”

an opening, i.e., door or gate

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“upon Jerusalem”

jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine

“and cast”

properly, to handle, i.e., to throw, e.g., lots

“lots”

properly, a pebble, i.e., a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“even thou wast as one”

properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first

they (only used when emphatic)