Obadiah 1:9 (YLT)

Passage

And broken down have been thy mighty ones, O Teman, So that every one of the mount of Esau is cut off.

Nearby Context

Obadiah 1:7 Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!

Obadiah 1:8 Is it not in that day--an affirmation of Jehovah, That I have destroyed the wise out of Edom, And understanding out of the mount of Esau?

Obadiah 1:9 And broken down have been thy mighty ones, O Teman, So that every one of the mount of Esau is cut off.

Obadiah 1:10 For slaughter, for violence <FI>to<Fi> thy brother Jacob, Cover thee doth shame, And thou hast been cut off--to the age.

Obadiah 1:11 In the day of thy standing over-against, In the day of strangers taking captive his force, And foreigners have entered his gates, And for Jerusalem have cast a lot, Even thou <FI>art<Fi> as one of them!

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Is it not in that day--an affirmation..." into verse 10's "For slaughter for violence FI to Fi...", so "broken" and "down" 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 "broken" and "down" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.