Obadiah 1:9 (GNV)

Passage

And thy strong men, O Teman, shall bee afraide, because euery one of the mount of Esau shalbe cut off by slaughter.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:7 All the men of thy confederacie haue driuen thee to ye borders: the men that were at peace with thee, haue deceiued thee, and preuailed against thee: they that eate thy bread, haue laid a wound vnder thee: there is none vnderstanding in him.

Obadiah 1:8 Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, euen destroy the wise men out of Edom, and vnderstanding from the mount of Esau?

Obadiah 1:9 And thy strong men, O Teman, shall bee afraide, because euery one of the mount of Esau shalbe cut off by slaughter.

Obadiah 1:10 For thy crueltie against thy brother Iaakob, shame shall couer thee, and thou shalt be cut off for euer.

Obadiah 1:11 When thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers caried away his substance, and straungers entred into his gates, and cast lots vpon Ierusalem, euen thou wast as one of them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "strong", "teman", "shall", "afraide", "euery", "mount", "esau", and "shalbe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "strong" and "teman", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Shall not I in that day saith..." into verse 10's "For thy crueltie against thy brother Iaakob...", so "strong" and "teman" 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 "strong" and "teman" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.