Obadiah
1:1The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the
Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an
ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us
rise up against her in battle. 1:2Behold, I have made thee small among
the nations: thou art greatly despised. 1:3The pride of thy 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? 1:4Though thou mount on high as the eagle,
and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from
thence, saith Jehovah. 1:5If thieves came to thee, if robbers by
night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they
had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some
gleaning grapes? 1:6How are the things of Esau
searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out! 1:7All 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 no
understanding in him. 1:8Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah,
destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of
Esau? 1:9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be
dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau
by slaughter. 1:10For the violence done to thy brother
Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 1:11In
the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers
carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and
cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. 1:12But
look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and
rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;
neither speak proudly in the day of distress. 1:13Enter not into the
gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, look not thou on
their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither lay ye hands
on their substance in the day of their calamity. 1:14And stand thou not in
the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up
those of his that remain in the day of distress. 1:15For the day of Jehovah
is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto
thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head. 1:16For 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. 1:17But in mount Zion there shall be those
that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess
their possessions. 1:18And 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 Jehovah hath spoken it. 1:19And
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. 1:20And
the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are among
the Canaanites, shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captives
of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.
1:21And saviours shall come up on mount
Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's.
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