All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”
Obadiah 1:5 “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, what disaster awaits you—wouldn’t they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn’t they leave some gleaning grapes?
Obadiah 1:6 How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
Obadiah 1:7 All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”
Obadiah 1:8 “Won’t I in that day”, says Yahweh, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
Obadiah 1:9 Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
The verse centers on "alliance", "brought", "even", "border", "peace", "deceived", "prevailed", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "alliance" and "brought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 6's "How Esau will be ransacked How his..." into verse 8's "Won t I in that day says...", so "alliance" and "brought" 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 "alliance" and "brought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.