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New American Standard Bible 1995

Obadiah 1

Edom Will Be Humbled

1The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord 1God concerning 2Edom-- 3We have heard a report from the Lord, And an 4envoy has been sent among the nations saying, “5Arise and let us go against her for battle”--2“Behold, I will make you 6small among the nations; You are greatly despised.3The 7arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of 8the 9rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, ‘10Who will bring me down to earth?’4Though you 11build high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the 12stars, From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.5“If 13thieves came to you, If 14robbers by night-- O how you will be ruined!-- Would they not steal only 15until they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you, 16Would they not leave some gleanings?6O how Esau will be 17ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!7All the 18men 19allied with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your 20bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is 21no understanding 22in him.)8Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord, “23Destroy wise men from Edom And understanding from the mountain of Esau?9Then your 24mighty men will be dismayed, O 25Teman, So that everyone may be 26cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

10“Because of 27violence to your brother Jacob, 28You will be covered with shame, 29And you will be cut off forever.11On the day that you 30stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And 31cast lots for Jerusalem-- 32You too were as one of them.1233Do not 34gloat over your brother’s day, The day of his misfortune. And 35do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes, 36do not 37boast In the day of their distress.13Do not enter the gate of My people In the 38day of their disaster. Yes, you, do not 39gloat over their calamity In the day of their disaster. And do not 40loot their wealth In the day of their disaster.14Do not 41stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress.

The Day of the Lord and the Future

15“For the 42day of the Lord draws near on all the nations. 43As you have done, it will be done to you. Your 44dealings will return on your own head.16Because just as you 45drank on 46My holy mountain, All the nations 47will drink continually. They will drink and 48swallow And become as if they had never existed.17But on Mount 49Zion there will be those who escape, And it will be holy. And the house of Jacob will 50possess their possessions.18Then the house of Jacob will be a 51fire And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau will be as stubble. And they will set 52them on fire and consume 53them, So that there will be 54no survivor of the house of Esau,” For the Lord has spoken.19Then those of the 55Negev will 56possess the mountain of Esau, And those of the 57Shephelah the 58Philistine plain; Also, 59possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, And Benjamin will possess Gilead.20And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel, Who are among the Canaanites as far as 60Zarephath, And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad Will possess the 61cities of the Negev.21The 62deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the 63kingdom will be the Lord’s.

Notes

  1. 1. Obadiah 1:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  2. 2. Obadiah 1:1 Ps 137:7; Is 21:11, 12; 34:1-17; 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:15; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11, 12; Mal 1:4 ↩
  3. 3. Obadiah 1:1 Jer 49:14-16; Obad 1-4 ↩
  4. 4. Obadiah 1:1 Is 18:2; 30:4 ↩
  5. 5. Obadiah 1:1 Jer 6:4, 5 ↩
  6. 6. Obadiah 1:2 Num 24:18; Is 23:9 ↩
  7. 7. Obadiah 1:3 Is 16:6; Jer 49:16 ↩
  8. 8. Obadiah 1:3 Or Sela ↩
  9. 9. Obadiah 1:3 2 Kin 14:7; 2 Chr 25:11f ↩
  10. 10. Obadiah 1:3 Is 14:13-15; Rev 18:7 ↩
  11. 11. Obadiah 1:4 Job 20:6, 7; Hab 2:9 ↩
  12. 12. Obadiah 1:4 Is 14:12-15 ↩
  13. 13. Obadiah 1:5 Jer 49:9 ↩
  14. 14. Obadiah 1:5 Lit devastators of the night ↩
  15. 15. Obadiah 1:5 Lit their sufficiency ↩
  16. 16. Obadiah 1:5 Deut 24:21 ↩
  17. 17. Obadiah 1:6 Jer 49:10 ↩
  18. 18. Obadiah 1:7 Jer 30:14 ↩
  19. 19. Obadiah 1:7 Lit of your covenant ↩
  20. 20. Obadiah 1:7 Ps 41:9 ↩
  21. 21. Obadiah 1:7 Is 19:11; Jer 49:7 ↩
  22. 22. Obadiah 1:7 I.e. in Esau; or of it ↩
  23. 23. Obadiah 1:8 Job 5:12-14; Is 29:14 ↩
  24. 24. Obadiah 1:9 Jer 49:22 ↩
  25. 25. Obadiah 1:9 Gen 36:11; 1 Chr 1:45; Job 2:11; Jer 49:7; Ezek 25:13; Amos 1:12; Hab 3:3 ↩
  26. 26. Obadiah 1:9 Is 34:5-8; 63:1-3; Obad 5 ↩
  27. 27. Obadiah 1:10 Gen 27:41; Ezek 25:12; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11 ↩
  28. 28. Obadiah 1:10 Lit Shame will cover you ↩
  29. 29. Obadiah 1:10 Ezek 35:9 ↩
  30. 30. Obadiah 1:11 Ps 83:5, 6; 137:7; Amos 1:6, 9 ↩
  31. 31. Obadiah 1:11 Joel 3:3; Nah 3:10 ↩
  32. 32. Obadiah 1:11 Ezek 35:10 ↩
  33. 33. Obadiah 1:12 Mic 4:11; 7:10 ↩
  34. 34. Obadiah 1:12 Lit look on ↩
  35. 35. Obadiah 1:12 Prov 17:5; Ezek 35:15; 36:5 ↩
  36. 36. Obadiah 1:12 Ps 31:18; Ezek 35:12 ↩
  37. 37. Obadiah 1:12 Lit make your mouth large ↩
  38. 38. Obadiah 1:13 Ezek 35:5 ↩
  39. 39. Obadiah 1:13 Lit look on ↩
  40. 40. Obadiah 1:13 Ezek 35:10; 36:2, 3 ↩
  41. 41. Obadiah 1:14 Is 16:3, 4 ↩
  42. 42. Obadiah 1:15 Ezek 30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31; Amos 5:18, 20 ↩
  43. 43. Obadiah 1:15 Jer 50:29; 51:56; Hab 2:8 ↩
  44. 44. Obadiah 1:15 Ezek 35:11 ↩
  45. 45. Obadiah 1:16 Jer 49:12 ↩
  46. 46. Obadiah 1:16 Joel 3:17 ↩
  47. 47. Obadiah 1:16 Is 51:22, 23; Jer 25:15, 16 ↩
  48. 48. Obadiah 1:16 Or stagger ↩
  49. 49. Obadiah 1:17 Is 4:2, 3 ↩
  50. 50. Obadiah 1:17 Is 14:1, 2; Amos 9:11-15 ↩
  51. 51. Obadiah 1:18 Is 5:24; 9:18, 19; Zech 12:6 ↩
  52. 52. Obadiah 1:18 I.e. the people of Esau ↩
  53. 53. Obadiah 1:18 I.e. the people of Esau ↩
  54. 54. Obadiah 1:18 Jer 11:23; Amos 1:8 ↩
  55. 55. Obadiah 1:19 I.e. South country ↩
  56. 56. Obadiah 1:19 Is 11:14; Amos 9:12 ↩
  57. 57. Obadiah 1:19 I.e. the foothills ↩
  58. 58. Obadiah 1:19 Is 11:14 ↩
  59. 59. Obadiah 1:19 Jer 31:5; 32:44 ↩
  60. 60. Obadiah 1:20 1 Kin 17:9; Luke 4:26 ↩
  61. 61. Obadiah 1:20 Jer 32:44; 33:13 ↩
  62. 62. Obadiah 1:21 Neh 9:27 ↩
  63. 63. Obadiah 1:21 Ps 22:28; 47:7-9; 67:4; Zech 14:9; Rev 11:15 ↩

Commentaries on Obadiah 1

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