John Trapp on Obadiah 1:6

Verſe 6. How are the things of Eſau ſearched out?] Or (as Druſius reades it) How are the poſterity of Eſau ſearched out? the men to the ſlaughter, the wealth to the ſpoile? what cunning and daring ſouldiers were theſe to pry into every corner for prey, and to pull them out of every lurking hole, where they might have been circumvented and butchered, in thoſe dark and ſtrait places; This ſhewes ſurely that they were both armed and animated by God himſelf. Confer Joel. 2.6, 7, 8, 9. but eſpecially Jer. 49.10, 11. where you have the full of that, which is here but abridged: and therefore this verſe hath not ſo much as an Athnach in it, for diſtinction.

how are his hid things ſought out?] i. e. his treaſures and Jewels which have their name in Hebrew from hiding: becauſe men uſe to ſecret and ſecure them with utmoſt care and diligence, See Mat. 13.44. hence they are called treaſures of darkneſſe Eſa. 45.3. See Iob 3.21. Abundance of this was found at Conſtantinople, taken by the Turks: Turk. hîc[illegible: 1 letter]. 345. 347. ſo that the ſouldiers divided it among themſelves by hat-fuls, wondring at their wealth, and deriding their folly, that poſſeſſing ſo much, they would beſtow ſo little in defence of themſelves and their countrey, loſt by their tenacity and nigardice: And the ſame is reported of Heidelberg. Joſeph cont. Appron. l. 1. Antiq. l. 10. c. 10. This that is here threatened againſt Edom, was accordingly executed in the fift yeare after the deſtruction of Jeruſalem, ſaith Joſephus; Nebuchadnezzar in the 23. yeare of his raigne invading and waſting Idumea. Ill-gotten goodes proſper not. Men rake together riches, and know not who ſhall gather them Pſa. 39.7. But, let no man goe beyond and defraud another: for God is the avenger of all ſuch 1 Theſ. 2 Cor. 4.2. Prov. 10. 4.6. They do beſt that renounce with St. Paul, thoſe hidden things of diſhoneſty: not walking in craftineſſe, nor making haſt to be rich; for treaſures of wickedneſſe profit not: and when God comes by his judgements to turn the bottome of the bag upwards, as Joſephs ſteward once did, all our ſecret thefts will out. See Eccle. 12.16.