New American Standard Bible 2020

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, The one who lives in the clefts of 3the 4rock, On the height of his dwelling place, Who says in his heart, ‘5Who will bring me down to earth?’4Though you 6make your home 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-- Oh how you will be ruined!-- Would they not steal only 10until they had enough? If grape-pickers came to you, 11Would they not leave some gleanings?6Oh how Esau will be 12searched, And his hidden treasures searched out!7All the 13people 14allied 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 15bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is 16no understanding 17in him.)8Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord, “18Eliminate wise men from Edom, And understanding from the mountain of Esau?9Then your 19warriors will be filled with terror, 20Teman, So that everyone will be 21eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.

10“Because of 22violence to your brother Jacob, Shame will cover you, 23And you will be eliminated forever.11On the day that you 24stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And 25cast lots for Jerusalem-- 26You too were as one of them.12 27Do not 28gloat over your brother’s day, The day of his misfortune. And 29do not rejoice over the sons of Judah On the day of their destruction; Yes, 30do not 31boast On the day of their distress.13Do not enter the gate of My people On the 32day of their disaster. You indeed, do not 33gloat over their catastrophe On the day of their disaster. And do not 34lay a hand on their wealth On the day of their disaster.14Do not 35stand at the crossroads To eliminate their survivors; And do not hand over their refugees On 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 Ezek 35:9 ↩
24. Obadiah 1:11 Ps 83:5, 6; 137:7; Amos 1:6, 9 ↩
25. Obadiah 1:11 Joel 3:3; Nah 3:10 ↩
26. Obadiah 1:11 Ezek 35:10 ↩
27. Obadiah 1:12 Mic 4:11; 7:10 ↩
28. Obadiah 1:12 Lit look on ↩
29. Obadiah 1:12 Prov 17:5; Ezek 35:15; 36:5 ↩
30. Obadiah 1:12 Ps 31:18; Ezek 35:12 ↩
31. Obadiah 1:12 Lit make your mouth large ↩
32. Obadiah 1:13 Ezek 35:5 ↩
33. Obadiah 1:13 Lit look at ↩
34. Obadiah 1:13 Ezek 35:10; 36:2, 3 ↩
35. Obadiah 1:14 Is 16:3, 4 ↩

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