Obadiah 1

1The visionH2377 of ObadiahH5662.

ThusH3541 saith the Lord Jehovah concerning EdomH123: We have heardH8085 tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sentH7971 among the nationsH1471, sayingH559, AriseH6965 ye, and let us riseH6965 up against her in battleH4421. 2Behold, I have madeH5414 thee smallH6996 among the nationsH1471: thou art greatly despisedH959. 3The prideH2087 of thy heartH3820 hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the cleftsH2288 of the rockH5553, whose habitation is highH4791; that saith in his heartH3820, Who shall bringH3381 me downH3381 to the groundH776? 4Though thou mount on highH1361 as the eagleH5404, and though thy nestH7064 be setH7760 among the starsH3556, I will bringH3381 thee downH3381 from thence, saith Jehovah.

5If thievesH1590 cameH935 to thee, if robbers by nightH3915 (howH349 art thou cut off!), would they not stealH1589 only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers cameH935 to thee, would they not leaveH7604 some gleaning grapes? 6HowH349 are the things of EsauH6215 searchedH2664! howH349 are his hidden treasures sought out! 7All the menH376 of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the borderH1366: the menH376 that were at peaceH7965 with thee have deceived thee, and prevailedH3201 against thee; they that eat thy breadH3899 lay a snare under thee: there is no understandingH8394 in him. 8Shall I not in that dayH3117, saith Jehovah, destroyH6 the wiseH2450 men out of EdomH123, and understandingH8394 out of the mount of EsauH6215? 9And thy mightyH1368 menH376, O TemanH8487, shall be dismayedH2865, to the end that every oneH376 may be cutH3772 off from the mount of EsauH6215 by slaughter.

10For the violenceH2555 done to thy brotherH251 JacobH3290, shameH955 shall coverH3680 thee, and thou shalt be cutH3772 off for everH5769. 11In the dayH3117 that thou stoodest on the other side, in the dayH3117 that strangersH2114 carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gatesH8179, and castH3032 lotsH1486 upon JerusalemH3389, even thou wast as oneH259 of them. 12But lookH7200 not thou on the dayH3117 of thy brotherH251 in the dayH3117 of his disaster, and rejoiceH8055 not over the children of JudahH3063 in the dayH3117 of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the dayH3117 of distressH6869. 13Enter not into the gateH8179 of my peopleH5971 in the dayH3117 of their calamityH343; yea, lookH7200 not thou on their affliction in the dayH3117 of their calamityH343, neither lay ye hands on their substance in the dayH3117 of their calamityH343. 14And standH5975 thou not in the crossway, to cutH3772 off those of his that escapeH6412; and deliverH5462 not up those of his that remainH5975 in the dayH3117 of distressH6869.

15For the dayH3117 of Jehovah is near upon all the nationsH1471: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall returnH7725 upon thine own headH7218. 16For as ye have drunkH8354 upon my holyH6944 mountainH2022, so shall all the nationsH1471 drinkH8354 continuallyH8548; yea, they shall drinkH8354, and swallow down, and shall beH1961 as though they had not beenH1961.

17But in mount ZionH6726 there shall beH1961 those that escapeH6413, and it shall beH1961 holyH6944; and the houseH1004 of JacobH3290 shall possessH3423 their possessions. 18And the houseH1004 of JacobH3290 shall beH1961 a fireH784, and the houseH1004 of JosephH3130 a flameH3852, and the houseH1004 of EsauH6215 for stubbleH7179, and they shall burn among them, and devourH398 them; and there shall not beH1961 any remaining to the houseH1004 of EsauH6215; for Jehovah hath spokenH1696 it. 19And they of the SouthH5045 shall possessH3423 the mount of EsauH6215, and they of the lowland the PhilistinesH6430; and they shall possessH3423 the fieldH7704 of EphraimH669, and the fieldH7704 of SamariaH8111; and BenjaminH1144 shall possessH3423 GileadH1568. 20And the captives of this host of the children of IsraelH3478, that are among the CanaanitesH3669, shall possessH3423 even unto ZarephathH6886; and the captives of JerusalemH3389, that are in Sepharad, shall possessH3423 the citiesH5892 of the SouthH5045. 21And saviours shall come up on mount ZionH6726 to judgeH8199 the mount of EsauH6215; and the kingdom shall beH1961 Jehovah’s.