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Obadiah 1:6

1:5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? some: or, gleanings?
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

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How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. that were: Heb. of thy peace they: Heb. the men of thy bread in him: or, of it

What does Obadiah 1:6 mean?

Obadiah 1:6 is a verse in the book of Obadiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עֵשָׂו (ʻÊsâv), חָפַשׂ (châphas), מִצְפֻּן (mitspun). It connects to 17 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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How
are
the
things
of
EsauעֵשָׂוʻÊsâv/ay-sawv'/H6215Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
searched
out!חָפַשׂchâphas/khaw-fas'/H2664to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask
how
are
his
hiddenמִצְפֻּןmitspun/mits-poon'/H4710a secret (place or thing, perhaps, treasure)
things
sought
up!בָּעָהbâʻâh/baw-aw'/H1158to gush over, i.e. to swell; (figuratively) to desire earnestly; by implication to ask

Commentary on Obadiah 1:6

HENRY_FULL · Obadiah 1:6
Ezekiel has again and again, in God's name, foretold the utter ruin of Jerusalem; but, it should seem, he finds it hard to reconcile himself to it, and to acquiesce in the will of God in this severe dispensation; and therefore God takes various methods to satisfy him not only that it shall be so, but that there is no remedy: it must be so; it is fit that it should be so. Here, in this short chapter, he shows him (probably with design that he should tell the people) that it was as requisite Jerusalem should be destroyed as that the dead and withered branches of a vine should be cut off and thrown into the fire. I. The similitude is very elegant ( ver. 1-5 ), but, II. The explanation of the similitude is very dreadful, ver. 6-8 . Jerusalem

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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Deuteronomy 32:32

For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: of the vine: or, worse than the vine

Deuteronomy 32:33

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Song of Solomon 2:13

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Song of Solomon 2:15

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Song of Solomon 6:11

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

Song of Solomon 7:12

Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. appear: Heb. open

Song of Solomon 8:11

Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

Song of Solomon 8:12

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

Isaiah 5:1

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: a very: Heb. the horn of the son of oil

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

Hosea 10:1

Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. an: or, a vine emptying the fruit which it giveth images: Heb. statues, or, standing images

Micah 3:12

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

Zechariah 11:2

Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. mighty: or, gallants the forest: or, the defenced forest

Matthew 21:33

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Mark 12:1

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

Luke 20:9

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

John 15:1

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

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What does Obadiah 1:6 say?

Obadiah 1:6 (King James Version) reads: "How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!"

Is Obadiah 1:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Obadiah 1:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Obadiah.

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