Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Obadiah 1:12
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12. looked on —with malignant pleasure, and a brutal stare. So the antitypes, Messiah's foes ( :- ). MAURER translates, as the Margin, "thou shouldest not look" any more. English Version agrees with the context better. the day of thy brother —his day of calamity. became a stranger —that is, was banished as an alien from his own land. God sends heavy calamities on those who rejoice in the calamities of their enemies ( Proverbs 17:5 ; Proverbs 24:17 ; Proverbs 24:18 ). Contrast the opposite conduct of David and of the divine Son of David in a like case ( Proverbs 24:18- : ). spoken proudly —literally, "made great the mouth"; proudly insulting the fallen ( Proverbs 24:18- : , Margin; compare 1 Samuel 2:8 ; Revelation 13:6 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"
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