Obadiah 1:9 (KJV)

Passage

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

Obadiah 1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even 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 of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

Obadiah 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

Obadiah 1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

Study Lenses

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

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