Obadiah 1:2-14

2Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 3The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 41Though thou shalt exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou shalt set thy nest among the stars, from there will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. 5If2 thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?3 6How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought! 7All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border:4 the men that were at peace with thee5 have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a trap under thee: there is no understanding in him.6 87Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

10For thy 8violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive9 his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. 12But10 thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.11 13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their12 calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; 14Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escaped; neither shouldest thou have13 delivered up those of his that remained in the day of distress.