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Edom Will Be Humbled
The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom —
We have heard a report from the LORD,
And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“Arise and let us go against her for battle” —
The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom —
We have heard a report from the LORD,
And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“Arise and let us go against her for battle” —
The Coming Judgment on Edom
The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom
(We have heard a report from the Lord,
And a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying,
“Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”):
The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom
(We have heard a report from the Lord,
And a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying,
“Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”):
“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.
You are greatly despised.
“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You shall be greatly despised.
You shall be greatly despised.
“The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
You who live in the clefts of the rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
The pride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
“Though you build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Though you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.
And though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.
“If thieves came to you,
If robbers by night —
O how you will be ruined! —
Would they not steal only until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some gleanings?
If robbers by night —
O how you will be ruined! —
Would they not steal only until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some gleanings?
“If thieves had come to you,
If robbers by night —
Oh, how you will be cut off! —
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
Would they not have left some gleanings?
If robbers by night —
Oh, how you will be cut off! —
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
Would they not have left some gleanings?
“O how Esau will be ransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
And his hidden treasures searched out!
“Oh, how Esau shall be searched out!
How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!
How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!
“All the men 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 bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is no understanding in him.)
Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is no understanding in him.)
“Will I not on that day,” declares the LORD,
“Destroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
“Destroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
“Will I not in that day,” says the Lord,
“Even destroy the wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountains of Esau?
“Even destroy the wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountains of Esau?
“Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman,
So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed,
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.
“Because of violence to your brother Jacob,
You will be covered with shame,
And you will be cut off forever.
You will be covered with shame,
And you will be cut off forever.
Edom Mistreated His Brother
“For violence against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you,
And you shall be cut off forever.
“For violence against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you,
And you shall be cut off forever.
“On the day that you stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And cast lots for Jerusalem —
You too were as one of them.
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And cast lots for Jerusalem —
You too were as one of them.
In the day that you stood on the other side —
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And cast lots for Jerusalem —
Even you were as one of them.
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And cast lots for Jerusalem —
Even you were as one of them.
“Do not gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, do not boast
In the day of their distress.
The day of his misfortune.
And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, do not boast
In the day of their distress.
“Do not enter the gate of My people
In the day of their disaster.
Yes, you, do not gloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not loot their wealth
In the day of their disaster.
In the day of their disaster.
Yes, you, do not gloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not loot their wealth
In the day of their disaster.
“Do not stand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.
The Day of the LORD and the Future
“For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your dealings will return on your own head.
“Because just as you drank on My holy mountain,
All the nations will drink continually.
They will drink and swallow
And become as if they had never existed.
All the nations will drink continually.
They will drink and swallow
And become as if they had never existed.
For as you drank on My holy mountain,
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.
“But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
“Then the house of Jacob will be a fire
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set them on fire and consume them,
So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the LORD has spoken.
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set them on fire and consume them,
So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the LORD has spoken.
The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau shall be stubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them,
And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau shall be stubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them,
And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
Then those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the Shephelah the Philistine plain;
Also, possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.
And those of the Shephelah the Philistine plain;
Also, possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.
And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the cities of the Negev.
Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the cities of the Negev.