Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
looked on—with malignant pleasure, and a brutal stare. So the antitypes, Messiah's foes (Psalms 22:17). MAURER translates, as the Margin, "thou shouldest not look" any more. English Version agrees with the context better.
the day of thy brother—his day of calamity.
became a stranger—that is, was banished as an alien from his own land. God sends heavy calamities on those who rejoice in the calamities of their enemies (Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 24:17-18). Contrast the opposite conduct of David and of the divine Son of David in a like case (Psalms 35:13-15).
spoken proudly—literally, "made great the mouth"; proudly insulting the fallen (Ezekiel 35:13, Margin; compare I Samuel 2:8; Revelation 13:6).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Obadiah 1:12:
Job 18:20
Job 19:5
Psalms 137:7-9
Isaiah 21:12
Isaiah 34:5
Ezekiel 25:12
Ezekiel 35:5
Ezekiel 35:15
Amos 1:11
Amos 1:11
Obadiah 1:11
Micah 4:11
Zephaniah 2:8
Zechariah 1:15
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