Obadiah 1:16

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

Cross-references

In Obadiah 1:18, the total consumption of Edom as stubble echoes the nations drinking the cup and vanishing in v16.

Psalm 75:8 Parallel

Psalm 75:8 depicts a cup of wine in God's hand that the wicked must drink — the same image of divine wrath that Obadiah uses for the nations.

In Isaiah 49:26, the same cup imagery shows God making enemies drunk on their own blood—judgment against those who oppress His people.

Isaiah 51:22 takes the cup of wrath from God's people—contrasting with Obadiah where nations drink it.

Isaiah 51:23 gives the cup to Israel's tormentors—the same nations who drink in Obadiah face divine wrath.

Jeremiah 25:15 is the source: the cup of wine of wrath that all nations must drink—directly echoed in Obadiah.

Jeremiah 25:16 adds staggering and crazed effects of drinking—expanding on the judgment described in Obadiah.

Jeremiah 25:27-29 reinforces that judgment begins with God's own city (like Obadiah's holy mountain) then extends to all nations.

Jeremiah 49:12 applies the cup directly to Edom—confirms that Edom, the target of Obadiah, must drink judgment.

1 Peter 4:17 echoes judgment beginning with God's household, then the rest—same pattern as Obadiah's 'you drank' then 'nations drink'.

Jeremiah 25:29 says judgment starts at Jerusalem then goes to all nations—identical pattern to the cup drunk on the holy mountain.

Proverbs 17:5 Related theme

Proverbs 17:5 warns against rejoicing over calamity—the background of Edom's gloating that leads to their judgment here.

Isaiah 47:6 Parallel

Isaiah 47:6 condemns Babylon's merciless treatment—similar to Edom's harshness against Judah in Obadiah's context.

Ezekiel 20:40 depicts worship on God's holy mountain—contrasts with the same location used for judgment here.