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No Hiding from God's Judgment
Commentators note the astonished tone of the verse: "How are the things of Esau searched!" This isn't a normal raid but a supernaturally thorough plundering. Scholars explain this demonstrates that no human defense, like Edom's rocky fortresses, can provide ultimate security or serve as a hiding place from God's decreed judgment.
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Obadiah
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Albert Barnes
On Obadiah 1:6
18th Century
Theologian
How are the things of Esau searched out! — literally, “How are Esau, out searched!” That is, Esau, as a whole and in all its parts …
Charles Ellicott
On Obadiah 1:5–9
19th Century
Bishop
The completeness of the overthrow awaiting Edom. It is no mere inroad of a marauding tribe. Something would escape the robber, though he m…
John Calvin
On Obadiah 1:6
16th Century
Theologian
He confirms the former sentence—that the Idumeans trusted in vain that their riches would be safe, because they had hidden and deep recesses. Even …
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John Gill
On Obadiah 1:6
17th Century
Pastor
How are [the things] of Esau searched out ! &c.] Or how are the Esauites, the posterity of Esau, sought out! though they …
Matthew Henry
On Obadiah 1:1–16
17th Century
Minister
This prophecy is against Edom. Its destruction seems to have been typical, like their father Esau's rejection, and appears to refer to the destruct…