| 1:1 |
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saithsays the Lord JehovahGod concerning Edom: We have heard tidingsa report from Jehovahthe Lord, andAnd an ambassadorenvoy ishas been sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us risego up against her infor battle. |
| 1:2 |
Behold, I havewill mademake theeyou small among the nations:; thouYou artare greatly despised. |
| 1:3 |
The pridearrogance of thyyour heart hathhas deceived theeyou, OYou thouwho thatlive dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whoseIn habitationthe isloftiness high;of thatyour saithdwelling place, Who say in hisyour heart, Who shallwill bring me down to the groundearth? |
| 1:4 |
Though thouyou mountbuild on high aslike the eagle, andThough thoughyou thyset your nest be set among the stars, From there I will bring theeyou down, fromdeclares thence,the saith JehovahLord. |
| 1:5 |
If thieves came to theeyou, ifIf robbers by night O how artyou thouwill cutbe off!,ruined! wouldWould they not steal only tilluntil they had enough? ifIf grape gatherers came to theeyou, wouldWould they not leave some gleaning grapesgleanings? |
| 1:6 |
HowO arehow theEsau thingswill ofbe Esauransacked, searched!And how are his hidden treasures soughtsearched out! |
| 1:7 |
All the men ofallied thywith confederacyyou haveWill broughtsend theeyou onforth thy way, even to the border:, And the men that were at peace with theeyou haveWill deceiveddeceive thee,you and prevailedoverpower againstyou. thee;They theywho that eat thyyour bread layWill aset snarean underambush thee:for thereyou. There is no understanding in him. |
| 1:8 |
ShallWill I not inon that day, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord, destroyDestroy the wise men outfrom of Edom, andAnd understanding outfrom of the mountmountain of Esau? |
| 1:9 |
AndThen thyyour mighty men, Owill Teman, shall be dismayed, toO theTeman, endIn order that everyeveryone one may be cut off from the mountmountain of Esau by slaughter. |
| 1:10 |
ForBecause theof violence done to thyyour brother Jacob, shameYou shallwill coverbe theecovered with shame, andAnd thouyou shaltwill be cut off for everforever. |
| 1:11 |
InOn the day that thouyou stoodeststood on the other sidealoof, inOn the day that strangers carried awayoff his substancewealth, andAnd foreigners entered into his gates,gate andAnd cast lots uponfor Jerusalem, evenYou thoutoo wastwere as one of them. |
| 1:12 |
ButDo look not thougloat onover theyour brothers day, ofThe thy brother in the day of his disaster,misfortune. andAnd rejoicedo not rejoice over the childrensons of Judah inIn the day of their destruction; neitherYes, speakdo proudlynot inboast In the day of their distress. |
| 1:13 |
EnterDo not intoenter the gate of myMy people inIn the day of their calamity;disaster. yeaYes, lookyou, do not thougloat onover their afflictioncalamity inIn the day of their calamity,disaster. neitherAnd laydo yenot handsloot on their substancewealth inIn the day of their calamitydisaster. |
| 1:14 |
And standdo thou not instand at the crossway,fork toof cutthe offroad thoseTo ofcut hisdown thattheir escapefugitives; andAnd deliverdo not upimprison thosetheir ofsurvivors hisIn that remain in the day of their distress. |
| 1:15 |
For the day of Jehovahthe isLord draws near uponon all the nations:. asAs thouyou hasthave done, it shallwill be done untoto thee;you. thyYour dealingdealings shallwill return uponon thineyour own head. |
| 1:16 |
ForBecause just as yeyou havedrank drunkon uponMy my holy mountain, soAll shall all the nations will drink continually;. yea,They theywill shall drink, and swallow down, andAnd shallbecome be as thoughif they had notnever beenexisted. |
| 1:17 |
But inon mountMount Zion there shallwill be those thatwho escape, andAnd it shallwill be holy;. andAnd the house of Jacob shallwill possess their possessions. |
| 1:18 |
AndThen the house of Jacob shallwill be a fire, andAnd the house of Joseph a flame,; andBut the house of Esau forwill be as stubble,. andAnd they shallwill burnset among them, on fire and devourconsume them;, andSo that there shallwill not be anyno remainingsurvivor toof the house of Esau;, forFor Jehovahthe hathLord has spoken it. |
| 1:19 |
AndThen theythose of the SouthNegev shallwill possess the mountmountain of Esau, andAnd theythose of the lowlandShephelah the PhilistinesPhilistine plain; andAlso, they shallwill possess the fieldterritory of Ephraim, and the fieldterritory of Samaria;, andAnd Benjamin shallwill possess Gilead. |
| 1:20 |
And the captivesexiles of this host of the childrensons of Israel, thatWho are among the Canaanites, shallas possessfar evenas unto Zarephath;, andAnd the captivesexiles of Jerusalem, thatwho are in Sepharad, shallWill possess the cities of the SouthNegev. |
| 1:21 |
AndThe savioursdeliverers shallwill comeascend upMount on mount Zion toTo judge the mountmountain of Esau;, andAnd the kingdom shallwill be Jehovahsthe Lords. |