Matthew Poole and continuators on Obadiah 1:2

2 Behold , I have made thee small among the heathen : thou art greatly despised .

Ye Edomites lay it to heart, and consider it well; be not secure amidst such dangers.

Thou art a small people for number, thy Land Mountainous, Rocky, and Barren, and 'tis little that which is of it, situate very incommodiously for any Trade, which makes people great and famous; a Countrey fitted for Moss-Troopers, or Banditi; and as such Out-laws and Robbers thou art proud, and promisest great things to thy self.

In comparison with other Nations.

By those that do hear of thee, who know thy Situation, Government manner of Life, and what thy Forces are, and how usually employed. Whatever these Edomites had been, now they are despised, and ere long should be more despicable, when as Ier. 49.20. the least of Nebuchadnezzar's Army shou[illegible: 1 letter]d pull them out of their Caves, Houses, and Strongholds.