'Obadiah 1




 1. The vision <2377> of Obadiah <5662>. Thus <3541> saith

<0559> the Lord <0136> GOD <3069> concerning Edom <0123>; We

have heard <8085> a rumour <8052> from the LORD <3068>, and an

ambassador <6735> is sent <7971> among the heathen <1471>, Arise

<6965> ye, and let us rise <6965> up against <5921> her in

battle <4421>.




 2 Behold <2009>, I have made <5414> thee small <6996> among the

heathen <1471>: thou art greatly <3966> despised <0959>.




 3 The pride <2087> of thine heart <3820> hath deceived <5377>

thee, thou that dwellest <7931> in the clefts <2288> of the rock

<5553>, whose habitation <3427> [is] high <4791>; that saith

<0559> in his heart <3820>, Who <4310> shall bring <3381> me

down <3381> to the ground <0776>?




 4 Though <0518> thou exalt <1361> [thyself] as the eagle <5404>,

 and though <0518> thou set <7760> thy nest <7064> among <0996>

the stars <3556>, thence <8033> will I bring <3381> thee down

<3381>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.




 5 If <0518> thieves <1590> came <0935> to thee, if <0518>

robbers <7703> by night <3915>, (how art thou cut <1820> off!)

would they not have stolen <1589> till they had enough <1767>?

if <0518> the grapegatherers <1219> came <0935> to thee, would

<14> they not leave <7604> [some] grapes?




 6 How <0349> are [the things] of Esau <6215> searched <2664>

out! [how] are his hidden <4710> things sought <1156> up!




 7 All <3605> the men <0582> of thy confederacy <1285> have

brought <7971> thee [even] to the border <1366>: the men <0582>

that were at peace <7965> with thee have deceived <5377> thee,

[and] prevailed <3201> against thee; [they that eat] thy bread

<3899> have laid <7760> a wound <4204> under <8478> thee: [there

is] none <0369> understanding <8394> in him.




 8 Shall I not in that day <3117>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>,

even destroy <6> the wise <2450> [men] out of Edom <0123>, and

understanding <8394> out of the mount <2022> of Esau <6215>?




 9 And thy mighty <1368> [men], O Teman <8487>, shall be

dismayed <2865>, to the end <4616> that every <0376> one <0376>

of the mount <2022> of Esau <6215> may be cut <3772> off by

slaughter <6993>.




 10. For [thy] violence <2555> against thy brother <0251> Jacob

<3290> shame <0955> shall cover <3680> thee, and thou shalt be

cut <3772> off for ever <5769>.




 11 In the day <3117> that thou stoodest <5975> on the other

<5048> side <5048>, in the day <3117> that the strangers <2114>

carried <7617> away captive <7617> his forces <2428>, and

foreigners <5237> entered <0935> into his gates <8179>, and cast

<3032> lots <1486> upon Jerusalem <3389>, even <1571> thou

[wast] as one <0259> of them.




 12 But thou shouldest not have looked <7200> on the day <3117>

of thy brother <0251> in the day <3117> that he became <5235> a

stranger <5235>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have rejoiced

<8055> over the children <1121> of Judah <3063> in the day

<3117> of their destruction <6>; neither <0408> shouldest thou

have spoken <6310> proudly <1431> in the day <3117> of distress

<6869>.




 13 Thou shouldest not have entered <0935> into the gate <8179>

of my people <5971> in the day <3117> of their calamity <0343>;

yea <1571>, thou shouldest not have looked <7200> on their

affliction <7451> in the day <3117> of their calamity <0343>,

nor <0408> have laid <7971> [hands] on their substance <2428> in

the day <3117> of their calamity <0343>;




 14 Neither <0408> shouldest thou have stood <5975> in the

crossway <6563>, to cut <3772> off those of his that did escape

<6412>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have delivered <5462> up

those of his that did remain <8300> in the day <3117> of

distress <6869>.




 15 For the day <3117> of the LORD <3068> [is] near <7138> upon

all <3605> the heathen <1471>: as thou hast done <6213>, it

shall be done <6213> unto thee: thy reward <1576> shall return

<7725> upon thine own head <7218>.




 16 For as ye have drunk <8354> upon my holy <6944> mountain

<2022>, [so] shall all <3605> the heathen <1471> drink <8354>

continually <8548>, yea, they shall drink <8354>, and they shall

swallow <3886> down, and they shall be as though they had not

been <1961>.




 17. But upon mount <2022> Zion <6726> shall be deliverance

<6413>, and there shall be holiness <6944>; and the house <1004>

of Jacob <3290> shall possess <3423> their possessions <4180>.




 18 And the house <1004> of Jacob <3290> shall be a fire <0784>,

and the house <1004> of Joseph <3130> a flame <3852>, and the

house <1004> of Esau <6215> for stubble <7179>, and they shall

kindle <1814> in them, and devour <0398> them; and there shall

not be [any] remaining <8300> of the house <1004> of Esau <6215>;

 for the LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696> [it].




 19 And [they of] the south <5045> shall possess <3423> the

mount <2022> of Esau <6215>; and [they of] the plain <8219> the

Philistines <6430>: and they shall possess <3423> the fields

<7704> of Ephraim <0669>, and the fields <7704> of Samaria

<8111>: and Benjamin <1144> [shall possess] Gilead <1568>.




 20 And the captivity <1546> of this <2088> host <2426> of the

children <1121> of Israel <3478> [shall possess] that of the

Canaanites <3669>, [even] unto Zarephath <6886>; and the

captivity <1546> of Jerusalem <3389>, which <0834> [is] in

Sepharad <5614>, shall possess <0423> the cities <5892> of the

south <5045>.




 21 And saviours <3467> shall come <5927> up on mount <2022>

Zion <6726> to judge <8199> the mount <2022> of Esau <6215>; and

the kingdom <4410> shall be the LORD'S <3068>.








 


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