'Obadiah 1



 1. The vision <2377> of Obadiah <5662>. Thus <3541> saith 
<0559> the Lord <0136> GOD <3069> concerning Edom <0123>; We 
have heard <8085> a rumour <8052> from the LORD <3068>, and an 
ambassador <6735> is sent <7971> among the heathen <1471>, Arise 
<6965> ye, and let us rise <6965> up against <5921> her in 
battle <4421>.



 2 Behold <2009>, I have made <5414> thee small <6996> among the 
heathen <1471>: thou art greatly <3966> despised <0959>.



 3 The pride <2087> of thine heart <3820> hath deceived <5377> 
thee, thou that dwellest <7931> in the clefts <2288> of the rock 
<5553>, whose habitation <3427> [is] high <4791>; that saith 
<0559> in his heart <3820>, Who <4310> shall bring <3381> me 
down <3381> to the ground <0776>?



 4 Though <0518> thou exalt <1361> [thyself] as the eagle <5404>,
 and though <0518> thou set <7760> thy nest <7064> among <0996> 
the stars <3556>, thence <8033> will I bring <3381> thee down 
<3381>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.



 5 If <0518> thieves <1590> came <0935> to thee, if <0518> 
robbers <7703> by night <3915>, (how art thou cut <1820> off!) 
would they not have stolen <1589> till they had enough <1767>? 
if <0518> the grapegatherers <1219> came <0935> to thee, would 
<14> they not leave <7604> [some] grapes?



 6 How <0349> are [the things] of Esau <6215> searched <2664> 
out! [how] are his hidden <4710> things sought <1156> up!



 7 All <3605> the men <0582> of thy confederacy <1285> have 
brought <7971> thee [even] to the border <1366>: the men <0582> 
that were at peace <7965> with thee have deceived <5377> thee, 
[and] prevailed <3201> against thee; [they that eat] thy bread 
<3899> have laid <7760> a wound <4204> under <8478> thee: [there 
is] none <0369> understanding <8394> in him.



 8 Shall I not in that day <3117>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, 
even destroy <6> the wise <2450> [men] out of Edom <0123>, and 
understanding <8394> out of the mount <2022> of Esau <6215>?



 9 And thy mighty <1368> [men], O Teman <8487>, shall be 
dismayed <2865>, to the end <4616> that every <0376> one <0376> 
of the mount <2022> of Esau <6215> may be cut <3772> off by 
slaughter <6993>.



 10. For [thy] violence <2555> against thy brother <0251> Jacob 
<3290> shame <0955> shall cover <3680> thee, and thou shalt be 
cut <3772> off for ever <5769>.



 11 In the day <3117> that thou stoodest <5975> on the other 
<5048> side <5048>, in the day <3117> that the strangers <2114> 
carried <7617> away captive <7617> his forces <2428>, and 
foreigners <5237> entered <0935> into his gates <8179>, and cast 
<3032> lots <1486> upon Jerusalem <3389>, even <1571> thou 
[wast] as one <0259> of them.



 12 But thou shouldest not have looked <7200> on the day <3117> 
of thy brother <0251> in the day <3117> that he became <5235> a 
stranger <5235>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have rejoiced 
<8055> over the children <1121> of Judah <3063> in the day 
<3117> of their destruction <6>; neither <0408> shouldest thou 
have spoken <6310> proudly <1431> in the day <3117> of distress 
<6869>.



 13 Thou shouldest not have entered <0935> into the gate <8179> 
of my people <5971> in the day <3117> of their calamity <0343>; 
yea <1571>, thou shouldest not have looked <7200> on their 
affliction <7451> in the day <3117> of their calamity <0343>, 
nor <0408> have laid <7971> [hands] on their substance <2428> in 
the day <3117> of their calamity <0343>;



 14 Neither <0408> shouldest thou have stood <5975> in the 
crossway <6563>, to cut <3772> off those of his that did escape 
<6412>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have delivered <5462> up 
those of his that did remain <8300> in the day <3117> of 
distress <6869>.



 15 For the day <3117> of the LORD <3068> [is] near <7138> upon 
all <3605> the heathen <1471>: as thou hast done <6213>, it 
shall be done <6213> unto thee: thy reward <1576> shall return 
<7725> upon thine own head <7218>.



 16 For as ye have drunk <8354> upon my holy <6944> mountain 
<2022>, [so] shall all <3605> the heathen <1471> drink <8354> 
continually <8548>, yea, they shall drink <8354>, and they shall 
swallow <3886> down, and they shall be as though they had not 
been <1961>.



 17. But upon mount <2022> Zion <6726> shall be deliverance 
<6413>, and there shall be holiness <6944>; and the house <1004> 
of Jacob <3290> shall possess <3423> their possessions <4180>.



 18 And the house <1004> of Jacob <3290> shall be a fire <0784>, 
and the house <1004> of Joseph <3130> a flame <3852>, and the 
house <1004> of Esau <6215> for stubble <7179>, and they shall 
kindle <1814> in them, and devour <0398> them; and there shall 
not be [any] remaining <8300> of the house <1004> of Esau <6215>;
 for the LORD <3068> hath spoken <1696> [it].



 19 And [they of] the south <5045> shall possess <3423> the 
mount <2022> of Esau <6215>; and [they of] the plain <8219> the 
Philistines <6430>: and they shall possess <3423> the fields 
<7704> of Ephraim <0669>, and the fields <7704> of Samaria 
<8111>: and Benjamin <1144> [shall possess] Gilead <1568>.



 20 And the captivity <1546> of this <2088> host <2426> of the 
children <1121> of Israel <3478> [shall possess] that of the 
Canaanites <3669>, [even] unto Zarephath <6886>; and the 
captivity <1546> of Jerusalem <3389>, which <0834> [is] in 
Sepharad <5614>, shall possess <0423> the cities <5892> of the 
south <5045>.



 21 And saviours <3467> shall come <5927> up on mount <2022> 
Zion <6726> to judge <8199> the mount <2022> of Esau <6215>; and 
the kingdom <4410> shall be the LORD'S <3068>.







 

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