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John Trapp on Obadiah 1:9

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Obadiah1:9

Verſe 9. And thy mighty men, O Teman,] thy Gyants, thy Champions, that durſt look death in the face upon great adventures in the field: theſe were now diſmayed, and diſpirited; their courage was quailed, and even broken with fear, as the word ſignifieth: ſo that as Saul, when the Devil had preached his funerall, made haſte and fell with the fulneſſe of his ſtature all along on the earth, as being ſore afraid, 1 Sam. 28.20, ſo ſhall it be with the mighties of Teman, that is, of Edom: for Teman was nephew to Eſau, and ſonne to Eliphaz, Gen. 36. and of him, ſome city, or part of the countrey took its denomination. The Chaldee and the Vulgar Latine take the word Teman appellatively, and render it thus. Thy mighty men ſhall periſh from the South: or, thoſe that dwell to the Southward of thy countrey, and ſo are more remote from the Northern Chaldees; yet they ſhall no ſooner hear of their coming, but they ſhall tremble, and forget their proweſſe.

to the end that every one of the mount of Eſau may be cut off by ſlaughter.] Heb. every man, be he never ſo manly, and magnanimous. Of the mount of Eſau] of Idumea, which was mountaneous, and therefore fitly called Seir, that is, rough and rugged, nay be cut off by ſlaughter.] ſo that they ſhall live by fame onely, and hardly that.

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