Obadiah 1:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

Because you were the cause of violent death and because of your cruel behaviour to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and will be cut off for ever.

Cross References

Genesis 27:11

And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:

Genesis 27:41

So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.

2 Chronicles 28:17

For the Edomites had come again, attacking Judah and taking away prisoners.

Psalm 109:29

Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering themselves with shame as with a robe.

Psalm 132:18

His haters will be clothed with shame; but I will make his crown shining.

Psalm 137:7

O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.

Psalm 69:7

I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

Psalm 89:45

You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. Selah.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

Jeremiah 12:14

This is what the Lord has said against all my evil neighbours, who put their hands on the heritage which I gave my people Israel: See, I will have them uprooted from their land, uprooting the people of Judah from among them.

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us be stretched on the earth in our downfall, covering ourselves with our shame: for we have been sinners against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our earliest years even till this day: and we have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 49:13

For I have taken an oath by myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah will become a cause of wonder, a name of shame, a waste and a curse; and all its towns will be waste places for ever.

Jeremiah 51:51

We are shamed because bitter words have come to our ears; our faces are covered with shame: for men from strange lands have come into the holy places of the Lord's house.

Lamentations 4:21

Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.

Lamentations 4:22

The punishment of your evil-doing is complete, O daughter of Zion; never again will he take you away as a prisoner: he will give you the reward of your evil-doing, O daughter of Edom; he will let your sin be uncovered.

Ezekiel 35:9

I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 7:18

And they will put haircloth round them, and deep fear will be covering them; and shame will be on all faces, and the hair gone from all their heads.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will be a waste and Edom a land of destruction, because of the evil done to the children of Judah, because they have let blood be drained out in their land without cause.

Amos 1:11

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because his sword was turned against his brother, without pity, and his wrath was burning at all times, and he was angry for ever.

Micah 7:10

And my hater will see it and be covered with shame; she who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? my eyes will see their desire effected on her, now she will be crushed under foot like the dust of the streets.

Deuteronomy 23:7

But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

Deuteronomy 23:8

Their children in the third generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.