1 The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lorda Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD concerning Edom—
We have heard a report from the LORD,
And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“Arise and let us go against her for battle”— | |
2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You are greatly despised. | |
3 “The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts ofb Or Selathe rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’ | |
4 “Though you build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD. | |
5 “If thieves came to you,
Ifc Lit devastators of the nightrobbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal onlyd Lit their sufficiencyuntil they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some gleanings? | |
6 “O how Esau will be ransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out! | |
7 “All the mene Lit of your covenantallied 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 bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is no understandingf I.e. in Esau; or of itin him.) | |
8 “Will I not on that day,” declares the LORD,
“Destroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau? | |
9 “Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman,
So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter. | |
10 “Because of violence to your brother Jacob,
g Lit Shame will cover youYou will be covered with shame,
And you will be cut off forever. | |
11 “On the day that you stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And cast lots for Jerusalem—
You too were as one of them. | |
12 “Do noth Lit look ongloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, do noti Lit make your mouth largeboast
In the day of their distress. | |
13 “Do not enter the gate of My people
In the day of their disaster.
Yes, you, do notj Lit look ongloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not loot their wealth
In the day of their disaster. | |
14 “Do not stand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress. | |
15 “For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your dealings will return on your own head. | |
16 “Because just as you drank on My holy mountain,
All the nations will drink continually.
They will drink andk Or staggerswallow
And become as if they had never existed. | |
17 “But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will possess their possessions. | |
18 “Then the house of Jacob will be a fire
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will setl I.e. the people of Esauthem on fire and consumem I.e. the people of Esauthem,
So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the LORD has spoken. | |
19 Then those of then I.e. South countryNegev will possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of theo I.e. the foothillsShephelah the Philistine plain;
Also, 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 Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the cities of the Negev. | |
21 The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the kingdom will be the LORD’S. | |
