Holy Scripture

Obadiah 1:9

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 8, 9.) Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? And thy mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. Septuagint: In that day, saith the Lord, I will destroy the wise ou…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Obadiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

9And thy warriors from Teman shall be dismayed, to the end that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.

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In context

7They sent thee to thy coasts: all the men of thy covenant have withstood thee; thine allies have prevailed against thee, they have set snares under thee: they have no understanding.

8In that day, saith the Lord, I will destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau.

— Obadiah 1:9 —

10Because of the slaughter and the sin committed against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever.

11From the day that thou stoodest in opposition to him, in the days when foreigners were taking captive his forces, and strangers entered into his gates, and cast lots on Jerusalem, thou also wast as one of them.

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