John Trapp on Obadiah 1:8

Verſe 8. Shal I not in that day ſaith the Lord &c.] Edom was famous for wiſdome, as appeareth by Eliphaz the Temanite, and other of Iobs friends who were Idumeans: and Rabſhakeh could ſay, that counſel and ſtrength are for wa[illegible: 1 letter]r Eſa. 36.5. what a price did Agamemnon ſat upon Neſtor? and Darins upon Zophirus? Scipio did nothing without his Polybius, and aſcribed moſt of his victories to his adviſe.Prov. 20.18. Every purpoſe is eſtabliſhed by counſel; and with good advice make warr, ſaith Salomon. Romani ſedendo vincnnt paſſed for a proverbe of old. The Romanes, conquered by ſitting in counſel: and Cyreas got more cities by his wisdome, then, Pyrebus by his puiſſance. But where no counſel is the people fall Prov, 11.14. and this was Edoms caſe in that day, that is, at that time when their confederates betrayed them to their enemie, and deſolation was at next doore by. God deſtroyed their wiſe men: he either cut them off, or infatuated them. Deus, quem deſtruit, dementat. When God intends to undo a man (ſay the Dutch) he firſt puts out his eyes, and befools him, Pliny ſaith of the Eagle, that ſetting upon the Hart, hee lights upon his hornes, and there flutters up and down, filling his eyes with duſt, born in her feathers: that at laſt he may caſt himſelf from a rock, and become a prey. God blindeth the underſtanding, and expectorateth the wiſdome of thoſe whom he deſigneth to deſtruction. Surely the Princes of Zoan are fools, the wiſe counſellours of Pharaoh are become bruitiſh, they have alſo ſeduced Egypt —The Lord hath mingled a ſpirit of perverſities in the middeſt thereof, &c. Eſay 19.11, 12, 13, 14.