| 1:1 |
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GODconcerningJehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the LordJehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. |
| 1:3 |
The pride of thinethy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? |
| 1:4 |
Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LordJehovah. |
| 1:5 |
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, how art thou cut off!!, would they not steal only till they had enough? if grapegatherersgrape gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? |
| 1:6 |
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden treasures sought upout! |
| 1:7 |
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is noneno understanding in him. |
| 1:8 |
Shall I not in that day, saith the LordJehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? |
| 1:10 |
For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. |
| 1:15 |
For the day of theJehovah Lord is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head. |
| 1:16 |
For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually,; yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been. |
| 1:18 |
And 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 devour them:; and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for theJehovah Lord hath spoken it. |
| 1:19 |
And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau;, and they of the lowland the Philistines; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria:; and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. |
| 1:20 |
And the captivitycaptives of this host of the children of Israel, whichthat are among the Canaanites, shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captivitycaptives of Jerusalem, whichthat isare in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South. |
| 1:21 |
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LordSJehovahs. |