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The vision of ObadiahObadi′ah Thus saithsays the Lord JehovahGod concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovahthe Lord and ana ambassadormessenger ishas been sent among the nations: sayingRise Ariseup ye and let us rise up against her infor battle |
| 1:2 |
Behold I havewill mademake theeyou small among the nations: thouyou artshall greatlybe utterly despised |
| 1:3 |
The pride of thyyour heart hathhas deceived theeyou Oyou thouwho thatlive dwellest in the clefts of the rock whose habitationdwelling is high; thatwho saithsay in hisyour heart Who shallwill bring me down to the ground |
| 1:4 |
Though thouyou mountsoar onaloft highlike as the eagle and though thyyour nest beis set among the stars thence I will bring theeyou down fromsays thencethe saith JehovahLord |
| 1:5 |
If thieves came to theeyou if robbersplunderers by night— how artyou thouhave cutbeen offdestroyed— would they not steal only tillenough theyfor hadthemselves enoughIf if grape gatherers came to theeyou would they not leave some gleaning grapes gleanings |
| 1:6 |
How are the things of Esau searchedhas howbeen arepillaged his hidden treasures sought out |
| 1:7 |
All theyour menallies of thy confederacy have broughtdeceived theeyou onthey thyhave waydriven evenyou to the border:; theyour menconfederates that were at peace with thee have deceived thee and prevailed against theeyou; theyyour thattrusted eatfriends thyhave breadset lay a snaretrap under thee:you— there is no understanding inof him it |
| 1:8 |
ShallWill I not inon that day saithsays Jehovahthe Lord destroy the wise men out of Edom and understanding out of theMount mount of Esau |
| 1:9 |
And thyyour mighty men O Teman shall be dismayed toO theTeman endso that every oneman mayfrom Mount Esau will be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter |
| 1:10 |
For the violence done to thyyour brother Jacob shame shall cover theeyou and thouyou shaltshall be cut off for ever |
| 1:11 |
InOn the day that thouyou stoodeststood aloof on the other side in the day that strangers carried awayoff his substancewealth and foreigners entered into his gates and cast lots uponfor Jerusalem evenyou thouwere wastlike as one of them |
| 1:12 |
But lookyou should not thouhave ongloated over the day of thyyour brother in the day of his disastermisfortune; andyou rejoiceshould not have rejoiced over the childrenpeople of Judah in the day of their destructionruin; neitheryou speakshould proudlynot have boasted in the day of distress |
| 1:13 |
EnterYou should not intohave entered the gate of my people in the day of theirhis calamity; yeayou lookshould not thouhave ongloated theirover afflictionhis disaster in the day of theirhis calamity; neitheryou layshould yenot handshave onlooted theirhis substancegoods in the day of theirhis calamity |
| 1:14 |
AndYou standshould thou not inhave stood at the crosswayparting of the ways to cut off those of his that escapefugitives; andyou delivershould not uphave thosedelivered ofup his thatsurvivors remain in the day of distress |
| 1:15 |
For the day of Jehovahthe Lord is near upon all the nations: asAs thouyou hasthave done it shall be done untoto thee;you thyyour dealingdeeds shall return uponon thineyour own head |
| 1:16 |
For as yeyou have drunk upon my holy mountain so shall all the nations round about shall drink continually; yea they shall drink and swallowstagger down and shall be as though they had not been |
| 1:17 |
But in mountMount Zion there shall be those that escape and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions |
| 1:18 |
AndThe the house of Jacob shall be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame and the house of Esau for stubble; and they shall burn among them and devourconsume them; and there shall not be anyno remainingsurvivor to the house of Esau; for Jehovahthe hathLord has spoken it |
| 1:19 |
AndThose they of the SouthNegeb shall possess theMount mount of Esau and theythose of the lowlandShephe′lah the land of the Philistines; and they shall possess the fieldland of EphraimE′phraim and the fieldland of Samaria;Samar′ia and Benjamin shall possess Gilead |
| 1:20 |
AndThe theexiles captivesin ofHalah thiswho hostare of the childrenpeople of Israel thatshall arepossess amongPhoenicia theas Canaanitesfar shallas possess even unto ZarephathZar′ephath; and the captivesexiles of Jerusalem thatwho are in SepharadSephar′ad shall possess the cities of the South Negeb |
| 1:21 |
AndSaviors saviours shall comego up onto mountMount Zion to judgerule theMount mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovahsthe Lords |