OBADIAH
Edom Will Be Humbled
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The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord 1 God concerning AEdom
BWe have heard a report from the Lord,
And an Cenvoy has been sent among the nations saying,
DArise and let us go against her for battle”—
Behold, I will make you Asmall among the nations;
You are greatly despised.
“The Aarrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of 1the Brock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
CWho will bring me down to earth?’
Though you Abuild high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the Bstars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
If Athieves came to you,
If 1robbers by night
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only 2until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
BWould they not leave some gleanings?
“O how Esau will be Aransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
All the Amen 1allied with you
Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your Bbread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is Cno understanding 2in him.)
“Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,
ADestroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
“Then your Amighty men will be dismayed, O BTeman,
So that everyone may be Ccut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
10 Because of Aviolence to your brother Jacob,
1You will be covered with shame,
BAnd you will be cut off forever.
11 “On the day that you Astood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And Bcast lots for Jerusalem
CYou too were as one of them.
12 ADo not 1gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And Bdo not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, Cdo not 2boast
In the day of their distress.
13 “Do not enter the gate of My people
In the Aday of their disaster.
Yes, you, do not 1gloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not Bloot their wealth
In the day of their disaster.
14 “Do not Astand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.
The Day of the Lord and the Future
15 “For the Aday of the Lord draws near on all the nations.
BAs you have done, it will be done to you.
Your Cdealings will return on your own head.
16 Because just as you Adrank on BMy holy mountain,
All the nations Cwill drink continually.
They will drink and 1swallow
And become as if they had never existed.
17 “But on Mount AZion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will Bpossess their possessions.
18 “Then the house of Jacob will be a Afire
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set 1them on fire and consume 1them,
So that there will be Bno survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
19 Then those of the 1Negev will Apossess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the 2Shephelah the BPhilistine plain;
Also, Cpossess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as AZarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the Bcities of the Negev.
21 The Adeliverers will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the Bkingdom will be the Lord’s.
1 1:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord A 1:1 Ps 137:7; Is 21:11, 12; 34:1-17; 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:15; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11, 12; Mal 1:4 B 1:1 Jer 49:14-16; Obad 1-4 C 1:1 Is 18:2; 30:4 D 1:1 Jer 6:4, 5 A 1:2 Num 24:18; Is 23:9 A 1:3 Is 16:6; Jer 49:16 1 1:3 Or Sela B 1:3 2 Kin 14:7; 2 Chr 25:11f C 1:3 Is 14:13-15; Rev 18:7 A 1:4 Job 20:6, 7; Hab 2:9 B 1:4 Is 14:12-15 A 1:5 Jer 49:9 1 1:5 Lit devastators of the night 2 1:5 Lit their sufficiency B 1:5 Deut 24:21 A 1:6 Jer 49:10 A 1:7 Jer 30:14 1 1:7 Lit of your covenant B 1:7 Ps 41:9 C 1:7 Is 19:11; Jer 49:7 2 1:7 I.e. in Esau; or of it A 1:8 Job 5:12-14; Is 29:14 A 1:9 Jer 49:22 B 1:9 Gen 36:11; 1 Chr 1:45; Job 2:11; Jer 49:7; Ezek 25:13; Amos 1:12; Hab 3:3 C 1:9 Is 34:5-8; 63:1-3; Obad 5 A 1:10 Gen 27:41; Ezek 25:12; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11 1 1:10 Lit Shame will cover you B 1:10 Ezek 35:9 A 1:11 Ps 83:5, 6; 137:7; Amos 1:6, 9 B 1:11 Joel 3:3; Nah 3:10 C 1:11 Ezek 35:10 A 1:12 Mic 4:11; 7:10 1 1:12 Lit look on B 1:12 Prov 17:5; Ezek 35:15; 36:5 C 1:12 Ps 31:18; Ezek 35:12 2 1:12 Lit make your mouth large A 1:13 Ezek 35:5 1 1:13 Lit look on B 1:13 Ezek 35:10; 36:2, 3 A 1:14 Is 16:3, 4 A 1:15 Ezek 30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31; Amos 5:18, 20 B 1:15 Jer 50:29; 51:56; Hab 2:8 C 1:15 Ezek 35:11 A 1:16 Jer 49:12 B 1:16 Joel 3:17 C 1:16 Is 51:22, 23; Jer 25:15, 16 1 1:16 Or stagger A 1:17 Is 4:2, 3 B 1:17 Is 14:1, 2; Amos 9:11-15 A 1:18 Is 5:24; 9:18, 19; Zech 12:6 1 1:18 I.e. the people of Esau 1 1:18 I.e. the people of Esau B 1:18 Jer 11:23; Amos 1:8 1 1:19 I.e. South country A 1:19 Is 11:14; Amos 9:12 2 1:19 I.e. the foothills B 1:19 Is 11:14 C 1:19 Jer 31:5; 32:44 A 1:20 1 Kin 17:9; Luke 4:26 B 1:20 Jer 32:44; 33:13 A 1:21 Neh 9:27 B 1:21 Ps 22:28; 47:7-9; 67:4; Zech 14:9; Rev 11:15