Obd 7 | TNotes | STEP | 1:7 allies (literally men of the covenant ): Edom should have been the ally of its brother Israel, but instead, Edom had made a covenant with Babylon. • promise you peace (literally men of peace , paralleling men of the covenant ): It was poetic justice that Edom’s treachery with Israel was rewarded by Babylon’s treachery against Edom.

‏ Obadiah 7

1:7 ^a allies (literally men of the covenant): Edom should have been the ally of its brother Israel, but instead, Edom had made a covenant with Babylon.

• promise you peace (literally men of peace, paralleling men of the covenant): It was poetic justice that Edom’s treachery with Israel was rewarded by Babylon’s treachery against Edom.