the Fourth Week of Advent
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Obadiah 1:6
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How Esau will be pillaged,his hidden treasures searched out!
How Esav will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
How are the things of Esau searched out? how are his hid things sought vp?
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
"Oh how Esau will be searched, And his hidden treasures searched out!
But you, Edom, will really lose everything! People will find all your hidden treasures!
"How Esau (Edom) shall be ransacked [by men who come to ravage with divine approval]! How his hidden treasures shall be searched out!
Howe are the things of Esau sought vp, and his treasures searched?
"O how Esau will be ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!
Oh how Esau will be searched outAnd his hidden treasures ransacked!
But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!
Everything you treasure most will be taken from you.
But see how ‘Esav has been looted, their secret treasures searched out!
How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out!
But the enemy will search hard for Esau's hidden treasures, and they will find them all.
How Esau is searched out! how are his hidden things sought out!
Descendants of Esau, your treasures have been looted.
How Esau has been pillaged; his treasures have been ransacked!
How Esau is searched out! His hidden things are sought out!
How are the things of Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his secret stores looked for!
How is Esau searched out! How are his hidden places sought out!
Howe are the thinges of Esau sought vp, [and] his treasures searched?
How has Esau been searched out, and how have his hidden things been detected?
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden treasures sought up!
How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
Hou souyten thei Esau, serchiden the hid thingis of him?
How are [the things of] Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!
How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought!
How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked!
"Oh, how Esau shall be searched out! How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!
Every nook and cranny of Edom will be searched and looted. Every treasure will be found and taken.
O how Esau will be robbed! His hidden riches will be looked for until they are found.
How have the things of Esau been searched out! his treasures been sought up!
How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things?
How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out!
How hath Esau been searched out! Flowed out have his hidden things,
But how shall they rype Esau, and seke out his treasures?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
are the: Psalms 139:1, Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:14, Isaiah 45:3, Jeremiah 49:10, Jeremiah 50:37, Matthew 6:19, Matthew 6:20
how are his: Daniel 2:22
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 6:9 - They shall Jeremiah 49:9 - grapegatherers Zephaniah 1:12 - that I
Cross-References
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
And God said, "Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."
So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so.
God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Then God said, "Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it." And it was so.
The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good.
And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
And God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,
And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky."
God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
How are [the things] of Esau searched out!.... Or how are the Esauites, the posterity of Esau, sought out! though they dwelt in the clefts of the rocks, and hid themselves in caves and dens, yet their enemies searched them, and found there, and plucked them out from thence, so that none escaped:
[how] are his hid things sought up! his riches, wealth and treasure, hid in fortresses, in rocks and caves, where they were thought to be safe, and judged inaccessible; or that an enemy would not have ventured in search of them there; and yet these should be sought after and found by the greedy, and diligent, and venturous soldier, and carried off; which was the case of the Edomites by the Chaldeans, and will be of the antichristian states by the kings of the earth, Revelation 17:16; see
Jeremiah 49:10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
How are the things of Esau searched out! - literally, “How are Esau, out searched!” i. e., Esau, as a whole and in all its parts and in all its belongings, all its people and all its property, one and all. The name “Esau” speaks of them as a whole; the plural verb, “are outsearched,” represents all its parts. The word signifies a diligent search and tracking out, as in Zephaniah Zephaniah 1:12, “I will search out Jerusalem with candles,” as a man holdeth a light in every dark corner, in seeking diligently some small thing which has been lost. “The hidden things,” i. e., his hidden treasures, “are sought up.” The enemy who should come upon him, should make no passing foray, but should abide there, seeking out of their holes in the rocks, themselves and their treasures. Petra, through its rocky ramparts, was well suited, as Nineveh in the huge circuit of its massive walls was well built, to be the receptacle of rapine.
And now it was gathered, as rapine is, first or last, for the spoiler. It was safe stored up there, to be had for the seeking. No exit, no way of escape. Edom, lately so full of malicious energy, so proud, should lie at the proud foot of its conqueror, passive as the sheep in this large shamble, or as the inanimate hoards which they had laid up and which were now “tracked out.” Soon after Obadiah’s prophecy, Judah, under Ahaz, lost again to Syria, Elath 2 Kings 14:6, which it had now under Uzziah recovered 2 Kings 14:22. The Jews were replaced, it is uncertain whether by Edomites or by some tribe of Syrians. If Syrians, they were then friendly; if Edomites, Elath itself must, on the nearby captivity of Syria, have become the absolute possession of Edom. Either way, commerce again poured its wealth into Edom. To what end? To be possessed and to aggrandize Edom, thought her wealthy and her wise men; to be searched out and plundered, said the word of God. And it was so.
