New American Standard Bible 2020
Obadiah 1:2-9
2“BeholdH2009, I will makeH5414 you 1smallH6996 among the nationsH1471; You areH959 greatlyH3966 despisedH959.3The 2arroganceH2087 of your heartH3820 has deceivedH5378 you, The one who livesH7931 in the cleftsH2288 of 3the 4rockH5553, On the heightH4791 of his dwellingH7675 placeH7675, Who saysH559 in his heartH3820, ‘5WhoH4310 will bringH3381 me downH3381 to earthH776?’4ThoughH518 you 6makeH1361 your home highH1361 like the eagleH5404, ThoughH518 you setH7760 your nestH7064 amongH996 the 7starsH3556, From thereH8033 I will bringH3381 you downH3381,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068.5“IfH518 8thievesH1590 cameH935 to you, IfH518 9robbersH7703 by nightH3915-- OhH349 howH349 you will be ruinedH1820!-- Would they not stealH1589 only 10until they had enoughH1767? IfH518 grape-pickersH1219 cameH935 to you, 11Would they not leaveH7604 some gleaningsH5955?6OhH349 howH349 EsauH6215 will be 12searchedH2664, And his hiddenH4710 treasuresH4710 searchedH1158 outH1158!7AllH3605 the 13peopleH376 14alliedH1285 with you Will sendH7971 you to the borderH1366, And the peopleH376 at peaceH7965 with you Will deceiveH5378 you and overpowerH3201 you. They who eat your 15breadH3899 Will setH7760 an ambushH4204 for you. (ThereH369 isH369 16noH369 understandingH8394 17in him.)8Will I not on that dayH3117,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068, “18EliminateH6 wiseH2450 menH2450 from EdomH112, And understandingH8394 from the mountainH2022 of EsauH6215?9Then your 19warriorsH1368 will be filledH2865 withH2865 terrorH2865, 20TemanH8487, SoH4616 thatH4616 everyoneH376 will be 21eliminatedH3772 from the mountainH2022 of EsauH6215 by murderH6993.
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 ↩
Commentaries on Obadiah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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