Obadiah 1:13
“Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity,.... Or gates, as the Targum;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Obadiah 1:12-14
But thou shouldest not - , rather it means, and can only mean , “And look not (i. e., gaze not with pleasure) on the day…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Obadiah 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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Thou shouldest not have entered … looked … laid hands rather, enter not, look not, lay not hands.
The gate of my people…
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