Matthew Poole and continuators on Obadiah 1:15

15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen ; as thou hast done , it shall be done unto thee, thy reward shall return upon thine own head .

Of just revenge from the Lord upon this cruelty of Edom; the time which the Lord hath appointed for the punishing of this, and other Nations.

Which God had given to Nebuchadnezzar, and which by this mans armes God would punish, as Ier. 27.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. and that day may justly be accounted near, which shall come within the compass of one mans life, and that well advanced in years, as Nebuchadnezzar now was.

Perfidiously, cruelly and ravenously against Iacob, with an hostile revengeful mind.

It shall be done by thine enemies to thee. as verse 7. and this came to pass on Edom, within five years after Ierusalem was sackt and ruined, within which space of time Obadiah Prophesied, reproving Edom, and threatening him for what he had done against Ierusalem, and its Inhabitants.

The punishment or retribution of evil, for the evil thou hast done to Iacob.

By Gods just hand, and by thy enemies cruel hand shall be poured out upon thee.

Thy chief men, chief in the cruelty shall be chief in suffering, for the measure thou hast measured shall be measured to thee, as Psal. 137.8. Ezek. 35.15. Ioel 3.7, 8.