Obadiah 1:16

"For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been."

Key Reflection

In Obadiah 1:16, this verse contrasts the punishment of Edom with the universal judgment that will come upon all nations. Just as those who trespassed against God’s people experienced a profound and lasting consequence on His holy mountain, so too will all nations face continuous and ultimately futile attempts to quench their spiritual thirst, symbolizing their inability to escape divine judgment and the futility of their efforts.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For as ye have drunk -Revelry always followed pagan victory; often, desecration. The Romans bore in triumph the vessels of the second temple, Nebuchadnezzar carried away the sacred vessels of the first. Edom, in its hatred of God’s people, doubtless regarded the destruction of Jerusalem, as a victory of polytheism (the gods of the Babylonians, and their own god Coze), over God, as Hyrcanus, in his turn, required them, when conquered, to be circumcised. God’s “holy mountain is the hill of Zion,” including mount Moriah on which the temple stood.

More from Obadiah 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Go deeper with Bible.talk - your AI Bible study companion