Obadiah 1:16 — Community Reflections

OBADIAH 1:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 4

“For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.”

The statement that as you have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the nations drink continually and they shall drink and swallow and shall be as though they had not been indicates that all nations participating in the destruction of Jerusalem will experience similar destruction. The complete obliteration indicated by 'as though they had not been' emphasizes the totality of judgment.

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The beauty of holiness — Obadiah 1

Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The Hebrew word used here carries...