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Obadiah

Obad. 2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, I have made
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thee small
qatan (Hebrew #6996)
from 6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: kaw-tawn'
Origin: or qaton {kaw-tone'}
among the heathen
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
: thou art greatly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
despised
bazah (Hebrew #959)
to disesteem
KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
Pronounce: baw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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Num. 24:18• 18And Edom shall be a possession,{HR}Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies;{HR}And Israel shall do valiantly. (Num. 24:18)
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1 Sam. 2:7‑8• 7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich:{HR}He bringeth low, and lifteth up.
 8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,{HR}And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,{HR}To set them among princes,{HR}And to make them inherit the throne of glory:{HR}For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's,{HR}And He hath set the world upon them. (1 Sam. 2:7‑8)
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Job 34:25‑29• 25Therefore he knoweth their works,{HR}And overthroweth them in the night, and they are bruised.
 26As wicked did he strike them publicly,
 27Who purposely turned aside from after him,{HR}And attended not to any of his ways,
 28So that the cry of the poor should come to him,{HR}And the cry of the oppressed he heareth.
 29And he giveth rest, and who can disturb?{HR}And hideth his face, and who beholdeth it?{HR}Whether as to a nation or to a man, the same, (Job 34:25‑29)
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Psa. 107:39‑40• 39And they were diminished and brought low{HR}From oppression, evil, and sorrow.
 40He poureth contempt upon princes,{HR}And made them wander in a waste without a way. (Psa. 107:39‑40)
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Isa. 23:9• 9Jehovah of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring to nought all the honourable of the earth. (Isa. 23:9)
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Ezek. 29:15• 15It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself anymore above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. (Ezek. 29:15)
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Mic. 7:10• 10{i}And mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down, as the mire of the streets.{/i} (Mic. 7:10)
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Luke 1:51‑52• 51He hath wrought strength with his arm; he hath scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.
 52He hath put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly. (Luke 1:51‑52)
• This is not so where a man or a people is content with the lot assigned and becoming; it is especially the doom of such as aspire beyond their measure. (“Obadiah” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, I have made thee small among the nations; thou art greatly despised.

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold, I have made them small among the heathen; thou art greatly despised.