John Trapp on Obadiah 1:14

Verſe 14. Neither ſhouldeſt thou have ſtood in the croſs-way] To intercept thoſe poore fugitives. Who ſought to ſave themſelves by flight, ſith they could not by fight. But alaſſe, Ʋna ſalus victis,Virg. nullam ſperare ſalutem. Seeking to ſhun the ſhelves, they ran upon a rock. Miſcheivous Edomites waylaid them: and either ſlew them, or drew them back to priſon, as in the next words.

neither ſhouldeſt thou have delivered up] Or ſhut up cloſe priſoners the Reſidue, Heb: Serido (the ſame almoſt with the Engliſh, the letters only tranſpoſed) thoſe poore few that were yet undevoured by the ſword. This was greateſt cruelty of all: And ſee the Edomites progreſſe in it, and what Proficients they prove. Nemo repentè fit deterrimus. Sin proceedes by degrees: neither is any man at his worſt at firſt. Firſt they looked at the churches calamity, and then they laughed, and then they inſulted and ſpoke big words, and then they plundered, and laſtly they butchered ſome, and impriſoned other ſome. Did not Gods enemies do all this amongſt us, in our late unnaturall commotions? wherein, beſides the many maſſacres made every where, it was a like difficult thing, in thoſe parts where they prevailed, to find a wicked man in their priſons, or a good man out of them.