Obadiah 1-14

1The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord
Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
God concerning bEdom
cWe have heard a report from the Lord,
And an denvoy has been sent among the nations saying,
eArise and let us go against her for battle”—
2Behold, I will make you fsmall among the nations;
You are greatly despised.
3“The garrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of
Or Sela
the irock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
jWho will bring me down to earth?’
4Though you kbuild high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the lstars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
5If mthieves came to you,
If
Lit devastators of the night
robbers by night
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only
Lit their sufficiency
until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
pWould they not leave some gleanings?
6O how Esau will be qransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
7All the rmen
Lit of your covenant
allied with you
Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your tbread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is uno understanding
I.e. in Esau; or of it
in him.)
8Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,
wDestroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
9“Then your xmighty men will be dismayed, O yTeman,
So that everyone may be zcut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

10Because of aaviolence to your brother Jacob,
Lit Shame will cover you
You will be covered with shame,
acAnd you will be cut off forever.
11On the day that you adstood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And aecast lots for Jerusalem
afYou too were as one of them.
12 ag“Do not
Lit look on
gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And aido not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, ajdo not
Lit make your mouth large
boast
In the day of their distress.
13Do not enter the gate of My people
In the alday of their disaster.
Yes, you, do not
Lit look on
gloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not anloot their wealth
In the day of their disaster.
14“Do not aostand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.

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