New American Standard Bible 1995

Obadiah 1:5-9

5“Ifאִם־'im-H518thievesגַּנָּבִ֤יםga.na.VimH1590cameבָּאֽוּ־ba.'u-H935to you,Ifאִם־'im-H518robbersשׁ֣וֹדְדֵיSho.deiH7703by nightלַ֔יְלָהLay.lahH3915--O howאֵ֣יךְ'eikhH349you will be ruinedנִדְמֵ֔יתָהnid.Mei.tahH1820!--Would they not stealיִגְנְב֖וּyig.ne.VuH1589onlyuntil they hadH1767enoughH1767?Ifאִם־'im-H518grape gatherersבֹּֽצְרִים֙bo.tze.RimH1219cameבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935to you,Would they not leaveיַשְׁאִ֥ירוּyash.'I.ruH7604somegleaningsעֹלֵלֽוֹת׃o.le.LotH5955?

6O howאֵ֚יךְ'eikhH349Esauעֵשָׂ֔ו'e.SavH6215will beransackedנֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּnech.pe.SuH2664, Andhis hiddenH4710treasuresH4710searchedנִבְע֖וּniv.'UH1158out!

7Allכֹּ֚לkolH3605themenH376alliedבְרִיתֶ֔ךָve.ri.Te.khaH1285with youWill sendשִׁלְּח֗וּךָshi.le.Chu.khaH7971you forth to the borderהַגְּב֣וּלha.ge.VulH1366,And the menH376at peaceשְׁלֹמֶ֑ךָshe.lo.Me.khaH7965with youWill deceiveH5378you and overpowerיָכְל֥וּya.khe.LuH3201you. They who eat yourbreadלַחְמְךָ֗lach.me.KhaH3899Will setיָשִׂ֤ימוּya.Si.muH7760an ambushמָזוֹר֙ma.zOrH4204for you. (ThereH369isnoH369understandingתְּבוּנָ֖הte.vu.NahH8394in him.)

8Will I not on that dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117,”declaresנְאֻםne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, “Destroyוְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֤יve.ha.'a.vad.TiH6wiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450menH2450from EdomH112And understandingוּתְבוּנָ֖הu.te.vu.NahH8394from the mountainמֵהַ֥רme.HarH2022of Esauעֵשָֽׂו׃'e.SavH6215?

9Then yourmightyH1368menH1368will be dismayedוְחַתּ֥וּve.cha.TuH2865, OTemanתֵּימָ֑ןtei.ManH8487,So that everyoneאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376may becutיִכָּֽרֶת־yi.ka.ret-H3772offH3772from the mountainמֵהַ֥רme.HarH2022of Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215by slaughterמִקָּֽטֶל׃mi.Ka.telH6993.

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