Obadiah 1




 1. The vision <02377> of Obadiah <05662>. Thus <03541> saith

<0559> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> concerning Edom <0123>; We

have heard <08085> a rumour <08052> from the LORD <03068>, and

an ambassador <06735> is sent <07971> among the heathen <01471>,

Arise <06965> ye, and let us rise <06965> up against <05921> her

in battle <04421>.




 2 Behold <02009>, I have made <05414> thee small <06996> among

the heathen <01471>: thou art greatly <03966> despised <0959>.




 3 The pride <02087> of thine heart <03820> hath deceived

<05377> thee, thou that dwellest <07931> in the clefts <02288>

of the rock <05553>, whose habitation <03427> [is] high <04791>;

that saith <0559> in his heart <03820>, Who <04310> shall bring

<03381> me down <03381> to the ground <0776>?




 4 Though <0518> thou exalt <01361> [thyself] as the eagle

<05404>, and though <0518> thou set <07760> thy nest <07064>

among <0996> the stars <03556>, thence <08033> will I bring

<03381> thee down <03381>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.




 5 If <0518> thieves <01590> came <0935> to thee, if <0518>

robbers <07703> by night <03915>, (how art thou cut <01820> off!

) would they not have stolen <01589> till they had enough

<01767>? if <0518> the grapegatherers <01219> came <0935> to

thee, would <014> they not leave <07604> [some] grapes?




 6 How <0349> are [the things] of Esau <06215> searched <02664>

out! [how] are his hidden <04710> things sought <01156> up!




 7 All <03605> the men <0582> of thy confederacy <01285> have

brought <07971> thee [even] to the border <01366>: the men

<0582> that were at peace <07965> with thee have deceived

<05377> thee, [and] prevailed <03201> against thee; [they that

eat] thy bread <03899> have laid <07760> a wound <04204> under

<08478> thee: [there is] none <0369> understanding <08394> in

him.




 8 Shall I not in that day <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD

<03068>, even destroy <06> the wise <02450> [men] out of Edom

<0123>, and understanding <08394> out of the mount <02022> of

Esau <06215>?




 9 And thy mighty <01368> [men], O Teman <08487>, shall be

dismayed <02865>, to the end <04616> that every <0376> one

<0376> of the mount <02022> of Esau <06215> may be cut <03772>

off by slaughter <06993>.




 10. For [thy] violence <02555> against thy brother <0251> Jacob

<03290> shame <0955> shall cover <03680> thee, and thou shalt be

cut <03772> off for ever <05769>.




 11 In the day <03117> that thou stoodest <05975> on the other

<05048> side <05048>, in the day <03117> that the strangers

<02114> carried <07617> away captive <07617> his forces <02428>,

and foreigners <05237> entered <0935> into his gates <08179>,

and cast <03032> lots <01486> upon Jerusalem <03389>, even

<01571> thou [wast] as one <0259> of them.




 12 But thou shouldest not have looked <07200> on the day

<03117> of thy brother <0251> in the day <03117> that he became

<05235> a stranger <05235>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have

rejoiced <08055> over the children <01121> of Judah <03063> in

the day <03117> of their destruction <06>; neither <0408>

shouldest thou have spoken <06310> proudly <01431> in the day

<03117> of distress <06869>.




 13 Thou shouldest not have entered <0935> into the gate <08179>

of my people <05971> in the day <03117> of their calamity <0343>;

 yea <01571>, thou shouldest not have looked <07200> on their

affliction <07451> in the day <03117> of their calamity <0343>,

nor <0408> have laid <07971> [hands] on their substance <02428>

in the day <03117> of their calamity <0343>;




 14 Neither <0408> shouldest thou have stood <05975> in the

crossway <06563>, to cut <03772> off those of his that did

escape <06412>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have delivered

<05462> up those of his that did remain <08300> in the day

<03117> of distress <06869>.




 15 For the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [is] near <07138>

upon all <03605> the heathen <01471>: as thou hast done <06213>,

it shall be done <06213> unto thee: thy reward <01576> shall

return <07725> upon thine own head <07218>.




 16 For as ye have drunk <08354> upon my holy <06944> mountain

<02022>, [so] shall all <03605> the heathen <01471> drink

<08354> continually <08548>, yea, they shall drink <08354>, and

they shall swallow <03886> down, and they shall be as though

they had not been <01961>.




 17. But upon mount <02022> Zion <06726> shall be deliverance

<06413>, and there shall be holiness <06944>; and the house

<01004> of Jacob <03290> shall possess <03423> their possessions

<04180>.




 18 And the house <01004> of Jacob <03290> shall be a fire

<0784>, and the house <01004> of Joseph <03130> a flame <03852>,

and the house <01004> of Esau <06215> for stubble <07179>, and

they shall kindle <01814> in them, and devour <0398> them; and

there shall not be [any] remaining <08300> of the house <01004>

of Esau <06215>; for the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> [it].




 19 And [they of] the south <05045> shall possess <03423> the

mount <02022> of Esau <06215>; and [they of] the plain <08219>

the Philistines <06430>: and they shall possess <03423> the

fields <07704> of Ephraim <0669>, and the fields <07704> of

Samaria <08111>: and Benjamin <01144> [shall possess] Gilead

<01568>.




 20 And the captivity <01546> of this <02088> host <02426> of

the children <01121> of Israel <03478> [shall possess] that of

the Canaanites <03669>, [even] unto Zarephath <06886>; and the

captivity <01546> of Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> [is] in

Sepharad <05614>, shall possess <0423> the cities <05892> of the

south <05045>.




 21 And saviours <03467> shall come <05927> up on mount <02022>

Zion <06726> to judge <08199> the mount <02022> of Esau <06215>;

and the kingdom <04410> shall be the LORD'S <03068>.













 


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