Obadiah 1:9 (LSB)

Passage

Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that each one may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:7 All the men who have a covenant with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is no discernment in him.)

Obadiah 1:8 Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh, “Cause the wise men to perish from Edom And discernment from the mountain of Esau?

Obadiah 1:9 Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that each one may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

Obadiah 1:10 “Because of violence to your brother Jacob, You will be covered with shame, And you will be cut off forever.

Obadiah 1:11 On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers took his wealth captive And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem— You too were as one of them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mighty", "dismayed", "teman", "each", "mountain", "esau", and "slaughter". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mighty" and "dismayed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Will I not on that day declares..." into verse 10's "Because of violence to your brother Jacob...", so "mighty" and "dismayed" 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 "mighty" and "dismayed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.