Obadiah 1:16

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
drunk	שְׁתִיתֶם֙ she.ti.Tem	H8354	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
holy	קָדְשִׁ֔י kod.shi	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
mountain	הַ֣ר har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · noun, common masculine singular construct
heathen	הַגּוֹיִ֖ם ha.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
drink	יִשְׁתּ֥וּ yish.Tu	H8354	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
continually	תָּמִ֑יד ta.Mid	H8548	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
drink	וְשָׁת֣וּ ve.sha.Tu	H8354	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
down	וְלָע֔וּ ve.la.'U	H3886	to gulp · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
not	כְּל֥וֹא ke.Lo'	H3808	not (the simple or abs. negation) · preposition + negative particle

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Cross-references

Joel 3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers…
Jeremiah 49:12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogeth…
Isaiah 51:22-23 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling…
Jeremiah 25:15-16 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to…
1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not…
Psalms 75:8-9 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereo…
Isaiah 8:9-10 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be…
Isaiah 29:7-8 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shal…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:10-16

When we have read Edom's doom, no less than utter ruin, it is natural to ask, Why, what evil has he done? What is the ground of God's controversy with him? Many things, no doubt, were amiss in Edom; they were a sinful people, and a people laden with iniquity. But that one single crime which is laid to their charge, as filling their measure and bringing this ruin upon them, that for which they here stand indicted, of which they are convicted, and for which they are condemned, is the injury they had done to the people of God (Oba 1:10): "It is for thy violence against thy brother Jacob, that ancient and hereditary grudge which thou hast borne to the people of Israel, that all this shame shall…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Obadiah 1:16

ye . . . upon my holy mountain--a periphrasis for, "ye Jews" [MAURER], whom Obadiah now by a sudden apostrophe addresses. The clause, "upon My holy mountain," expresses the reason of the vengeance to be taken on Judah's foes; namely, that Jerusalem is God's holy mountain, the seat of His temple, and Judah His covenant-people. , which is copied from Obadiah, establishes this view (compare ). as ye have drunk, &c.--namely, the cup of wrath, being dispossessed of your goods and places as a nation, by Edom and all the heathen; so shall all the heathen (Edom included) drink the same cup (; , ; ; Jer. 25:15-33; ; ; ; ). continually--whereas Judah's calamity shall be temporary (). The foes of J…

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Adam Clarke on Obadiah 1:16

For as ye have drunk - This address is to the Jews. As ye have been visited and punished upon my holy mountain in Jerusalem, so shall other nations be punished in their respective countries. See Jer 49:12.

John Gill on Obadiah 1:16

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the Heathen drink continually,.... Which is either spoken to the Edomites; and the sense be, according to the Targum, "as ye have rejoiced at the blow (given unto or at the subversion and destruction) of the mountain of my holiness, all people shall drink the cup of their vengeance;'' or punishment; and to the same sense Jarchi and Japhet interpret it; and so Kimchi, "as ye have made a feast, rejoicing at the destruction of my holy mountain, so thou and all nations shall drink of the cup of trembling;'' but Aben Ezra thinks the words are spoken to the Israelites, "as ye have drank the cup, so shall all nations;'' the cup of venge…

The Church Fathers

You have drunk on my holy mountain from the cup of wrath, which David and Ahab mixed for you. All the nations around you shall drink constantly because of the Assyrians and the Chaldeans, in the days of Hezekiah and his sons.
— Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON OBADIAH

The drink of wine is called revenge, about which also blessed Jeremiah openly teaches when he says the nations will be commanded to drink even as they participated in the iniquities against my people. This is also understood from many other places that Edom will be given what it gave out.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON OBADIAH

These words "as you have drunk" indicate, I think, that the victors insolently gloried in victory. They had a festive celebration where they got drunk with their friends, boasting in praise of their part in the victory while they got drunk. And while they were drinking and singing songs and causing all manner of damage at this party, they got drunk and began to insult the other nations. "And they will descend against you," that is, the neighboring regions will attack these parties. And so, you will want to be in a place where they are not; otherwise you too will be wiped out of existence. Mount Zion, however, by divine inspiration is called the church. For it is truly the highest and most visible, the foremost holy place. It is the house and city of the most holy God.
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON OBADIAH

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Dictionary and topics

Edomites · Join Babylon in war against the Israelites — Join Babylon in war against the Israelites

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Obadiah 1:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Obadiah 1:16

Adam Clarke on Obadiah 1:16

John Gill on Obadiah 1:16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Obadiah 1:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Obadiah 1:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Obadiah 1:16

Adam Clarke on Obadiah 1:16

John Gill on Obadiah 1:16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Obadiah 1:16

Keil & Delitzsch on Obadiah 1:15-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Obadiah 1:15-18

Rashi on Obadiah 1:16