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New American Standard Bible 2020

Obadiah 1

Edom Will Be Humbled

1The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord 1God says concerning 2Edom-- 3We have heard a report from the Lord, And a 4messenger has been sent among the nations saying, “5Arise, and let’s go up 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, The one who lives in the clefts of 8the 9rock, On the height of his dwelling place, Who says in his heart, ‘10Who will bring me down to earth?’4Though you 11make your home 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-- Oh how you will be ruined!-- Would they not steal only 15until they had enough? If grape-pickers came to you, 16Would they not leave some gleanings?6Oh how Esau will be 17searched, And his hidden treasures searched out!7All the 18people 19allied with you Will send you to the border, And the people 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, “23Eliminate wise men from Edom, And understanding from the mountain of Esau?9Then your 24warriors will be filled with terror, 25Teman, So that everyone will be 26eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.

10“Because of 27violence to your brother Jacob, Shame will cover you, 28And you will be eliminated forever.11On the day that you 29stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And 30cast lots for Jerusalem-- 31You too were as one of them.1232Do not 33gloat over your brother’s day, The day of his misfortune. And 34do not rejoice over the sons of Judah On the day of their destruction; Yes, 35do not 36boast On the day of their distress.13Do not enter the gate of My people On the 37day of their disaster. You indeed, do not 38gloat over their catastrophe On the day of their disaster. And do not 39lay a hand on their wealth On the day of their disaster.14Do not 40stand at the crossroads To eliminate their survivors; And do not hand over their refugees On the day of their distress.

The Day of the Lord and the Future

15“For the 41day of the Lord is near for all the nations. 42Just as you have done, it will be done to you. Your 43dealings will return on your own head.16For just as you 44drank on 45My holy mountain, All the nations 46will drink continually. They will drink 47to the last drop, And become as if they had never existed.17But on Mount 48Zion there will be those who escape, And it will be holy. And the house of Jacob will 4950possess their 51property.18Then the house of Jacob will be a 52fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau will be like stubble. And they will set 53them on fire and consume 54them, So that there will be 55no survivor of the house of Esau,” For the Lord has spoken.19Then those of the 56Negev will 5758possess the mountain of Esau, And those of the 59Shephelah the 60Philistine plain; Also, 61they will 62possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, And Benjamin the territory of Gilead.20And the exiles of this army of the sons of Israel, Who are among the Canaanites as far as 63Zarephath, And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad, Will 64possess the 65cities of the Negev.2166The 67deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the 68kingdom 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 Ezek 35:9 ↩
  29. 29. Obadiah 1:11 Ps 83:5, 6; 137:7; Amos 1:6, 9 ↩
  30. 30. Obadiah 1:11 Joel 3:3; Nah 3:10 ↩
  31. 31. Obadiah 1:11 Ezek 35:10 ↩
  32. 32. Obadiah 1:12 Mic 4:11; 7:10 ↩
  33. 33. Obadiah 1:12 Lit look on ↩
  34. 34. Obadiah 1:12 Prov 17:5; Ezek 35:15; 36:5 ↩
  35. 35. Obadiah 1:12 Ps 31:18; Ezek 35:12 ↩
  36. 36. Obadiah 1:12 Lit make your mouth large ↩
  37. 37. Obadiah 1:13 Ezek 35:5 ↩
  38. 38. Obadiah 1:13 Lit look at ↩
  39. 39. Obadiah 1:13 Ezek 35:10; 36:2, 3 ↩
  40. 40. Obadiah 1:14 Is 16:3, 4 ↩
  41. 41. Obadiah 1:15 Ezek 30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31; Amos 5:18, 20 ↩
  42. 42. Obadiah 1:15 Jer 50:29; 51:56; Hab 2:8 ↩
  43. 43. Obadiah 1:15 Ezek 35:11 ↩
  44. 44. Obadiah 1:16 Jer 49:12 ↩
  45. 45. Obadiah 1:16 Joel 3:17 ↩
  46. 46. Obadiah 1:16 Is 51:22, 23; Jer 25:15, 16 ↩
  47. 47. Obadiah 1:16 Lit and slurp ↩
  48. 48. Obadiah 1:17 Is 4:2, 3 ↩
  49. 49. Obadiah 1:17 Or take possession of ↩
  50. 50. Obadiah 1:17 Is 14:1, 2; Amos 9:11-15 ↩
  51. 51. Obadiah 1:17 or inheritance ↩
  52. 52. Obadiah 1:18 Is 5:24; 9:18, 19; Zech 12:6 ↩
  53. 53. Obadiah 1:18 I.e., the people of Esau ↩
  54. 54. Obadiah 1:18 I.e., the people of Esau ↩
  55. 55. Obadiah 1:18 Jer 11:23; Amos 1:8 ↩
  56. 56. Obadiah 1:19 I.e., South country ↩
  57. 57. Obadiah 1:19 Or take possession of ↩
  58. 58. Obadiah 1:19 Is 11:14; Amos 9:12 ↩
  59. 59. Obadiah 1:19 I.e., the foothills ↩
  60. 60. Obadiah 1:19 Is 11:14 ↩
  61. 61. Obadiah 1:19 Jer 31:5; 32:44 ↩
  62. 62. Obadiah 1:19 Or take possession of ↩
  63. 63. Obadiah 1:20 1 Kin 17:9; Luke 4:26 ↩
  64. 64. Obadiah 1:20 Or take possession of ↩
  65. 65. Obadiah 1:20 Jer 32:44; 33:13 ↩
  66. 66. Obadiah 1:21 Or with ancient versions Those who are rescued ↩
  67. 67. Obadiah 1:21 Neh 9:27 ↩
  68. 68. 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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