New American Standard Bible 1995

Obadiah 1:2-14

2“Behold, I will make you 1small among the nations; You are greatly despised.3The 2arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of 3the 4rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, ‘5Who will bring me down to earth?’4Though you 6build high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the 7stars, From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.5“If 8thieves came to you, If 9robbers by night-- O how you will be ruined!-- Would they not steal only 10until they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you, 11Would they not leave some gleanings?6O how Esau will be 12ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!7All the 13men 14allied 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 15bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is 16no understanding 17in him.)8Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord, “18Destroy wise men from Edom And understanding from the mountain of Esau?9Then your 19mighty men will be dismayed, O 20Teman, So that everyone may be 21cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

10“Because of 22violence to your brother Jacob, 23You will be covered with shame, 24And you will be cut off forever.11On the day that you 25stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And 26cast lots for Jerusalem-- 27You too were as one of them.12 28Do not 29gloat over your brother’s day, The day of his misfortune. And 30do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes, 31do not 32boast In the day of their distress.13Do not enter the gate of My people In the 33day of their disaster. Yes, you, do not 34gloat over their calamity In the day of their disaster. And do not 35loot their wealth In the day of their disaster.14Do not 36stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress.

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Notes

1. Obadiah 1:2 Num 24:18; Is 23:9 ↩
2. Obadiah 1:3 Is 16:6; Jer 49:16 ↩
3. Obadiah 1:3 Or Sela ↩
4. Obadiah 1:3 2 Kin 14:7; 2 Chr 25:11f ↩
5. Obadiah 1:3 Is 14:13-15; Rev 18:7 ↩
6. Obadiah 1:4 Job 20:6, 7; Hab 2:9 ↩
7. Obadiah 1:4 Is 14:12-15 ↩
8. Obadiah 1:5 Jer 49:9 ↩
9. Obadiah 1:5 Lit devastators of the night ↩
10. Obadiah 1:5 Lit their sufficiency ↩
11. Obadiah 1:5 Deut 24:21 ↩
12. Obadiah 1:6 Jer 49:10 ↩
13. Obadiah 1:7 Jer 30:14 ↩
14. Obadiah 1:7 Lit of your covenant ↩
15. Obadiah 1:7 Ps 41:9 ↩
16. Obadiah 1:7 Is 19:11; Jer 49:7 ↩
17. Obadiah 1:7 I.e. in Esau; or of it ↩
18. Obadiah 1:8 Job 5:12-14; Is 29:14 ↩
19. Obadiah 1:9 Jer 49:22 ↩
20. 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 ↩
21. Obadiah 1:9 Is 34:5-8; 63:1-3; Obad 5 ↩
22. Obadiah 1:10 Gen 27:41; Ezek 25:12; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11 ↩
23. Obadiah 1:10 Lit Shame will cover you ↩
24. Obadiah 1:10 Ezek 35:9 ↩
25. Obadiah 1:11 Ps 83:5, 6; 137:7; Amos 1:6, 9 ↩
26. Obadiah 1:11 Joel 3:3; Nah 3:10 ↩
27. Obadiah 1:11 Ezek 35:10 ↩
28. Obadiah 1:12 Mic 4:11; 7:10 ↩
29. Obadiah 1:12 Lit look on ↩
30. Obadiah 1:12 Prov 17:5; Ezek 35:15; 36:5 ↩
31. Obadiah 1:12 Ps 31:18; Ezek 35:12 ↩
32. Obadiah 1:12 Lit make your mouth large ↩
33. Obadiah 1:13 Ezek 35:5 ↩
34. Obadiah 1:13 Lit look on ↩
35. Obadiah 1:13 Ezek 35:10; 36:2, 3 ↩
36. Obadiah 1:14 Is 16:3, 4 ↩

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