All the men of thy confederacy have pushed thee to the border; the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, they have prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread have laid a snare under thee. There is no understanding in him.
Obadiah 1:5 If thieves had come to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen [till] they had had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings?
Obadiah 1:6 How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out!
Obadiah 1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have pushed thee to the border; the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, they have prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread have laid a snare under thee. There is no understanding in him.
Obadiah 1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
Obadiah 1:9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.
The verse centers on "confederacy", "pushed", "thee", "border", "peace", and "deceived". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "confederacy" and "pushed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 6's "How is Esau searched his hidden things..." into verse 8's "Shall I not in that day saith...", so "confederacy" and "pushed" belong inside that flow. In Obadiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "confederacy" and "pushed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.