Edom Will Be Humbled
1 The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord God concerning (A)Edom—
(B)We have heard a report from the Lord,
And an (C)envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“(D)Arise and let us go against her for battle”—
2 “Behold, I will make you (E)small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.
3 “The (F)arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of the (G)rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘(H)Who will bring me down to earth?’
4 “Though you (I)build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the (J)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
5 “If (K)thieves came to you,
If robbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
(L)Would they not leave some gleanings?
6 “O how Esau will be (M)ransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
7 “All the (N)men allied with you
Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your (O)bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is (P)no understanding in him.)
8 “Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,
“(Q)Destroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
9 “Then your (R)mighty men will be dismayed, O (S)Teman,
So that everyone may be (T)cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
10 “Because of (U)violence to your brother Jacob,
You will be covered with shame,
(V)And you will be cut off forever.
11 “On the day that you (W)stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And (X)cast lots for Jerusalem—
(Y)You too were as one of them.
12 “(Z)Do not gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And (AA)do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, (AB)do not boast
In the day of their distress.
13 “Do not enter the gate of My people
In the (AC)day of their disaster.
Yes, you, do not gloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not (AD)loot their wealth
In the day of their disaster.
14 “Do not (AE)stand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.
The Day of the Lord and the Future
15 “For the (AF)day of the Lord draws near on all the nations.
(AG)As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your (AH)dealings will return on your own head.
16 “Because just as you (AI)drank on (AJ)My holy mountain,
All the nations (AK)will drink continually.
They will drink and swallow
And become as if they had never existed.
17 “But on Mount (AL)Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will (AM)possess their possessions.
18 “Then the house of Jacob will be a (AN)fire
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set them on fire and consume them,
So that there will be (AO)no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
19 Then those of the Negev will (AP)possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the Shephelah the (AQ)Philistine plain;
Also, (AR)possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as (AS)Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the (AT)cities of the Negev.
21 The (AU)deliverers will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the (AV)kingdom will be the Lord’s.
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:1
- Obadiah 1:3
- Obadiah 1:5
- Obadiah 1:5
- Obadiah 1:7
- Obadiah 1:7
- Obadiah 1:10
- Obadiah 1:12
- Obadiah 1:12
- Obadiah 1:13
- Obadiah 1:16
- Obadiah 1:18
- Obadiah 1:18
- Obadiah 1:19
- Obadiah 1:19
Cross references
- 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
- Obadiah 1:1 : Jer 49:14-16; Obad 1-4
- Obadiah 1:1 : Is 18:2; 30:4
- Obadiah 1:1 : Jer 6:4, 5
- Obadiah 1:2 : Num 24:18; Is 23:9
- Obadiah 1:3 : Is 16:6; Jer 49:16
- Obadiah 1:3 : 2 Kin 14:7; 2 Chr 25:11f
- Obadiah 1:3 : Is 14:13-15; Rev 18:7
- Obadiah 1:4 : Job 20:6, 7; Hab 2:9
- Obadiah 1:4 : Is 14:12-15
- Obadiah 1:5 : Jer 49:9
- Obadiah 1:5 : Deut 24:21
- Obadiah 1:6 : Jer 49:10
- Obadiah 1:7 : Jer 30:14
- Obadiah 1:7 : Ps 41:9
- Obadiah 1:7 : Is 19:11; Jer 49:7
- Obadiah 1:8 : Job 5:12-14; Is 29:14
- Obadiah 1:9 : Jer 49:22
- 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
- Obadiah 1:9 : Is 34:5-8; 63:1-3; Obad 5
- Obadiah 1:10 : Gen 27:41; Ezek 25:12; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11
- Obadiah 1:10 : Ezek 35:9
- Obadiah 1:11 : Ps 83:5, 6; 137:7; Amos 1:6, 9
- Obadiah 1:11 : Joel 3:3; Nah 3:10
- Obadiah 1:11 : Ezek 35:10
- Obadiah 1:12 : Mic 4:11; 7:10
- Obadiah 1:12 : Prov 17:5; Ezek 35:15; 36:5
- Obadiah 1:12 : Ps 31:18; Ezek 35:12
- Obadiah 1:13 : Ezek 35:5
- Obadiah 1:13 : Ezek 35:10; 36:2, 3
- Obadiah 1:14 : Is 16:3, 4
- Obadiah 1:15 : Ezek 30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31; Amos 5:18, 20
- Obadiah 1:15 : Jer 50:29; 51:56; Hab 2:8
- Obadiah 1:15 : Ezek 35:11
- Obadiah 1:16 : Jer 49:12
- Obadiah 1:16 : Joel 3:17
- Obadiah 1:16 : Is 51:22, 23; Jer 25:15, 16
- Obadiah 1:17 : Is 4:2, 3
- Obadiah 1:17 : Is 14:1, 2; Amos 9:11-15
- Obadiah 1:18 : Is 5:24; 9:18, 19; Zech 12:6
- Obadiah 1:18 : Jer 11:23; Amos 1:8
- Obadiah 1:19 : Is 11:14; Amos 9:12
- Obadiah 1:19 : Is 11:14
- Obadiah 1:19 : Jer 31:5; 32:44
- Obadiah 1:20 : 1 Kin 17:9; Luke 4:26
- Obadiah 1:20 : Jer 32:44; 33:13
- Obadiah 1:21 : Neh 9:27
- Obadiah 1:21 : Ps 22:28; 47:7-9; 67:4; Zech 14:9; Rev 11:15
