| 1:1 |
The vision of Obadi′ahObadiah Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard tidingsa report from the Lord and a messenger has been sent among the nations: Rise up letLet us rise against her for battle |
| 1:2 |
Behold I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised |
| 1:3 |
The pride of your heart has deceived you you who live in the clefts of the rock whosein dwellingyour islofty highdwelling who say in your heart Who will bring me down to the ground |
| 1:4 |
Though you soar aloft like the eagle though your nest is set among the stars thencefrom there I will bring you down saysdeclares the Lord |
| 1:5 |
If thieves came to you if plunderers came by night— how you have been destroyed— would they not steal only enough for themselves If grape gatherers came to you would they not leave gleanings |
| 1:7 |
All your allies have deceiveddriven you theyto haveyour drivenborder; those at peace with you tohave thedeceived borderyou; yourthey confederates have prevailed against you; those who eat your trustedbread friends have set a trap underbeneath you— thereyou ishave no understanding of it |
| 1:8 |
Will I not on that day saysdeclares the Lord destroy the wise men out of Edom and understanding out of Mount Esau |
| 1:10 |
ForBecause of the violence done to your brother Jacob shame shall cover you and you shall be cut off for everforever |
| 1:12 |
But youdo should not havegloat gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; youdo should not haverejoice rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; youdo should not haveboast boasted in the day of distress |
| 1:13 |
YouDo should not haveenter entered the gate of my people in the day of histheir calamity; youdo should not havegloat gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; youdo should not haveloot looted his goodswealth in the day of his calamity |
| 1:14 |
YouDo should not havestand stood at the partingcrossroads of the ways to cut off his fugitives; youdo should not havehand deliveredover up his survivors in the day of distress |
| 1:15 |
For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations As you have done it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head |
| 1:16 |
For as you have drunk uponon my holy mountain so all the nations round about shall drink continually; they shall drink and staggerswallow and shall be as though they had notnever been |
| 1:17 |
But in Mount Zion there shall be those thatwho escape and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions |
| 1:18 |
The house of Jacob shall be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them and there shall be no survivor tofor the house of Esau; for the Lord has spoken |
| 1:19 |
Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau and those of the Shephe′lahShephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of E′phraimEphraim and the land of Samar′iaSamaria and Benjamin shall possess Gilead |
| 1:20 |
The exiles inof Halahthis whohost are of the people of Israel shall possess Phoeniciathe land of the Canaanites as far as Zar′ephath;Zarephath and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sephar′adSepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb |
| 1:21 |
Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lords |