| 1:1 |
The vision of Obadiah. ThusThis saithis what the Lord JehovahYahweh concerningsays about Edom:. We have heard tidingsnews from JehovahYahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and letlets us rise up against her in battle. |
| 1:2 |
Behold, I have made theeyou small among the nations:. thouYou artare greatly despised. |
| 1:3 |
The pride of thyyour heart hathhas deceived theeyou, Oyou thouwho thatdwell dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high;, thatwho saithsays in his heart, Who shallwill bring me down to the ground? |
| 1:4 |
Though thouyou mount on high as the eagle, and though thyyour nest beis set among the stars, I will bring theeyou down from thencethere, saithsays JehovahYahweh. |
| 1:5 |
If thieves came to theeyou, if robbers by night—oh, howwhat artdisaster thouawaits cutyou—wouldnt off!, would they notonly steal onlyuntil till they had enough? ifIf grape gathererspickers came to theeyou, wouldwouldnt they not leave some gleaning grapes? |
| 1:6 |
How areEsau thewill thingsbe of Esau searchedransacked! howHow are his hidden treasures are sought out! |
| 1:7 |
All the men of thyyour confederacyalliance have brought theeyou on thyyour way, even to the border:. theThe men thatwho were at peace with theeyou have deceived theeyou, and prevailed against thee;you. theyFriends thatwho eat thyyour bread lay a snare under thee:you. thereThere is no understanding in him. |
| 1:8 |
ShallWont I not in that day, saithsays JehovahYahweh, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountmountain of Esau? |
| 1:9 |
AndYour thy mighty men, O Teman, shallwill be dismayed, to the end that everyeveryone one may be cut off from the mountmountain of Esau by slaughter. |
| 1:10 |
For the violence done to thyyour brother Jacob, shame shallwill cover theeyou, and thouyou shaltwill be cut off for everforever. |
| 1:11 |
In the day that thouyou stoodeststood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots uponfor Jerusalem, even thouyou wastwere aslike one of them. |
| 1:12 |
But dont look notdown thou on theyour day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and dont rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;. neitherDont speak proudly in the day of distress. |
| 1:13 |
EnterDont notenter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity;. yea,Dont look notdown thou on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither layseize yetheir handswealth on their substance in the day of their calamity. |
| 1:14 |
AndDont stand thou not in the crossway,crossroads to cut off those of his thatwho escape;. andDont deliver not up those of his thatwho remain in the day of distress. |
| 1:15 |
For the day of JehovahYahweh is near upon all the nations:! asAs thouyou hasthave done, it shallwill be done untoto thee;you. thyYour dealingdeeds shallwill return upon thineyour own head. |
| 1:16 |
For as yeyou have drunk uponon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations will drink continually;. yeaYes, they shallwill drink, and swallow down, and shallwill be as though they had not been. |
| 1:17 |
But in mountMount Zion, there shallwill be those thatwho escape, and it shallwill be holy;. andThe the house of Jacob shallwill possess their possessions. |
| 1:18 |
AndThe the house of Jacob shallwill be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble,. andThey theywill shall burn among them, and devour them;. andThere therewill shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau;. forIndeed, JehovahYahweh hathhas spoken it. |
| 1:19 |
AndThose they of the South shallwill possess the mountmountain of Esau, and theythose of the lowland, the Philistines;. andThey theywill shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria;. and Benjamin shallwill possess Gilead. |
| 1:20 |
AndThe the captives of this hostarmy of the children of Israel, thatwho are among the Canaanites, shallwill possess even untoto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, thatwho are in Sepharad, shallwill possess the cities of the SouthNegev. |
| 1:21 |
AndSaviors saviourswill shallgo come up on mountMount Zion to judge the mountmountains of Esau;, and the kingdom shallwill be JehovahsYahwehs. |