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Obadiah’s Vision
The vision of Obadiah.
This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom —
We have heard a message from the Lord:
An envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Rise, let us go against her for battle” —
The vision of Obadiah.
This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom —
We have heard a message from the Lord:
An envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Rise, let us go against her for battle” —
The vision of Obadiah.Edom Will Be Humbled
Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom:
We have heard a report from the Lord,
and a messenger has been sent among the nations:
“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”
Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom:
We have heard a report from the Lord,
and a messenger has been sent among the nations:
“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”
“See, I will make you small among the nations;
you will be utterly despised.
you will be utterly despised.
Though you soar like the eagle
and make your nest among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
and make your nest among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.
Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,
“If thieves came to you,
if robbers in the night —
oh, what a disaster awaits you! —
would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
would they not leave a few grapes?
if robbers in the night —
oh, what a disaster awaits you! —
would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
would they not leave a few grapes?
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?
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?
But how Esau will be ransacked,
his hidden treasures pillaged!
his hidden treasures pillaged!
How Esau has been pillaged,
his treasures sought out!
his treasures sought out!
“In that day,” declares the Lord,
“will I not destroy the wise men of Edom,
those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
“will I not destroy the wise men of Edom,
those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
Will I not on that day, declares the Lord,
destroy the wise men out of Edom,
and understanding out of Mount Esau?
destroy the wise men out of Edom,
and understanding out of Mount Esau?
Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified,
and everyone in Esau’s mountains
will be cut down in the slaughter.
and everyone in Esau’s mountains
will be cut down in the slaughter.
And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman,
so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob,
you will be covered with shame;
you will be destroyed forever.
you will be covered with shame;
you will be destroyed forever.
Edom’s Violence Against Jacob
Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
and you shall be cut off forever.
Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
and you shall be cut off forever.
On the day you stood aloof
while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
and cast lots for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.
while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
and cast lots for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.
On the day that you stood aloof,
on the day that strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
and cast lots for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.
on the day that strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
and cast lots for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.
You should not gloat over your brother
in the day of his misfortune,
nor rejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their destruction,
nor boast so much
in the day of their trouble.
in the day of his misfortune,
nor rejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their destruction,
nor boast so much
in the day of their trouble.
You should not march through the gates of my people
in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity
in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
in the day of their disaster.
in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity
in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
in the day of their disaster.
Do not enter the gate of my people
in the day of their calamity;
do not gloat over his disaster
in the day of his calamity;
do not loot his wealth
in the day of his calamity.
in the day of their calamity;
do not gloat over his disaster
in the day of his calamity;
do not loot his wealth
in the day of his calamity.
You should not wait at the crossroads
to cut down their fugitives,
nor hand over their survivors
in the day of their trouble.
to cut down their fugitives,
nor hand over their survivors
in the day of their trouble.
Do not stand at the crossroads
to cut off his fugitives;
do not hand over his survivors
in the day of distress.
to cut off his fugitives;
do not hand over his survivors
in the day of distress.
“The day of the Lord is near
for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
your deeds will return upon your own head.
for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
your deeds will return upon your own head.
The Day of the Lord Is Near
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.
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.
Just as you drank on my holy hill,
so all the nations will drink continually;
they will drink and drink
and be as if they had never been.
so all the nations will drink continually;
they will drink and drink
and be as if they had never been.
For as you have drunk on my holy mountain,
so all the nations shall drink continually;
they shall drink and swallow,
and shall be as though they had never been.
so all the nations shall drink continually;
they shall drink and swallow,
and shall be as though they had never been.
But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;
it will be holy,
and Jacob will possess his inheritance.
it will be holy,
and Jacob will possess his inheritance.
But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,
and it shall be holy,
and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
and it shall be holy,
and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
Jacob will be a fire
and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
and they will set him on fire and destroy him.
There will be no survivors
from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.
and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
and they will set him on fire and destroy him.
There will be no survivors
from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.
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 for the house of Esau,
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 for the house of Esau,
People from the Negev will occupy
the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines.
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,
and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines.
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,
and Benjamin will possess Gilead.
The Kingdom of the Lord
Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau,
and those of the Shephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria,
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau,
and those of the Shephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria,
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
will possess the land as far as Zarephath;
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will possess the towns of the Negev.
will possess the land as far as Zarephath;
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will possess the towns of the Negev.
The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
shall possess the cities of the Negeb.