Obadiah 1



 1. The vision <02377> of Obadiah <05662>. Thus <03541> saith 
<0559> the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> concerning Edom <0123>; We 
have heard <08085> a rumour <08052> from the LORD <03068>, and 
an ambassador <06735> is sent <07971> among the heathen <01471>, 
Arise <06965> ye, and let us rise <06965> up against <05921> her 
in battle <04421>.



 2 Behold <02009>, I have made <05414> thee small <06996> among 
the heathen <01471>: thou art greatly <03966> despised <0959>.



 3 The pride <02087> of thine heart <03820> hath deceived 
<05377> thee, thou that dwellest <07931> in the clefts <02288> 
of the rock <05553>, whose habitation <03427> [is] high <04791>; 
that saith <0559> in his heart <03820>, Who <04310> shall bring 
<03381> me down <03381> to the ground <0776>?



 4 Though <0518> thou exalt <01361> [thyself] as the eagle 
<05404>, and though <0518> thou set <07760> thy nest <07064> 
among <0996> the stars <03556>, thence <08033> will I bring 
<03381> thee down <03381>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.



 5 If <0518> thieves <01590> came <0935> to thee, if <0518> 
robbers <07703> by night <03915>, (how art thou cut <01820> off!
) would they not have stolen <01589> till they had enough 
<01767>? if <0518> the grapegatherers <01219> came <0935> to 
thee, would <014> they not leave <07604> [some] grapes?



 6 How <0349> are [the things] of Esau <06215> searched <02664> 
out! [how] are his hidden <04710> things sought <01156> up!



 7 All <03605> the men <0582> of thy confederacy <01285> have 
brought <07971> thee [even] to the border <01366>: the men 
<0582> that were at peace <07965> with thee have deceived 
<05377> thee, [and] prevailed <03201> against thee; [they that 
eat] thy bread <03899> have laid <07760> a wound <04204> under 
<08478> thee: [there is] none <0369> understanding <08394> in 
him.



 8 Shall I not in that day <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD 
<03068>, even destroy <06> the wise <02450> [men] out of Edom 
<0123>, and understanding <08394> out of the mount <02022> of 
Esau <06215>?



 9 And thy mighty <01368> [men], O Teman <08487>, shall be 
dismayed <02865>, to the end <04616> that every <0376> one 
<0376> of the mount <02022> of Esau <06215> may be cut <03772> 
off by slaughter <06993>.



 10. For [thy] violence <02555> against thy brother <0251> Jacob 
<03290> shame <0955> shall cover <03680> thee, and thou shalt be 
cut <03772> off for ever <05769>.



 11 In the day <03117> that thou stoodest <05975> on the other 
<05048> side <05048>, in the day <03117> that the strangers 
<02114> carried <07617> away captive <07617> his forces <02428>, 
and foreigners <05237> entered <0935> into his gates <08179>, 
and cast <03032> lots <01486> upon Jerusalem <03389>, even 
<01571> thou [wast] as one <0259> of them.



 12 But thou shouldest not have looked <07200> on the day 
<03117> of thy brother <0251> in the day <03117> that he became 
<05235> a stranger <05235>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have 
rejoiced <08055> over the children <01121> of Judah <03063> in 
the day <03117> of their destruction <06>; neither <0408> 
shouldest thou have spoken <06310> proudly <01431> in the day 
<03117> of distress <06869>.



 13 Thou shouldest not have entered <0935> into the gate <08179> 
of my people <05971> in the day <03117> of their calamity <0343>;
 yea <01571>, thou shouldest not have looked <07200> on their 
affliction <07451> in the day <03117> of their calamity <0343>, 
nor <0408> have laid <07971> [hands] on their substance <02428> 
in the day <03117> of their calamity <0343>;



 14 Neither <0408> shouldest thou have stood <05975> in the 
crossway <06563>, to cut <03772> off those of his that did 
escape <06412>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have delivered 
<05462> up those of his that did remain <08300> in the day 
<03117> of distress <06869>.



 15 For the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [is] near <07138> 
upon all <03605> the heathen <01471>: as thou hast done <06213>, 
it shall be done <06213> unto thee: thy reward <01576> shall 
return <07725> upon thine own head <07218>.



 16 For as ye have drunk <08354> upon my holy <06944> mountain 
<02022>, [so] shall all <03605> the heathen <01471> drink 
<08354> continually <08548>, yea, they shall drink <08354>, and 
they shall swallow <03886> down, and they shall be as though 
they had not been <01961>.



 17. But upon mount <02022> Zion <06726> shall be deliverance 
<06413>, and there shall be holiness <06944>; and the house 
<01004> of Jacob <03290> shall possess <03423> their possessions 
<04180>.



 18 And the house <01004> of Jacob <03290> shall be a fire 
<0784>, and the house <01004> of Joseph <03130> a flame <03852>, 
and the house <01004> of Esau <06215> for stubble <07179>, and 
they shall kindle <01814> in them, and devour <0398> them; and 
there shall not be [any] remaining <08300> of the house <01004> 
of Esau <06215>; for the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> [it].



 19 And [they of] the south <05045> shall possess <03423> the 
mount <02022> of Esau <06215>; and [they of] the plain <08219> 
the Philistines <06430>: and they shall possess <03423> the 
fields <07704> of Ephraim <0669>, and the fields <07704> of 
Samaria <08111>: and Benjamin <01144> [shall possess] Gilead 
<01568>.



 20 And the captivity <01546> of this <02088> host <02426> of 
the children <01121> of Israel <03478> [shall possess] that of 
the Canaanites <03669>, [even] unto Zarephath <06886>; and the 
captivity <01546> of Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> [is] in 
Sepharad <05614>, shall possess <0423> the cities <05892> of the 
south <05045>.



 21 And saviours <03467> shall come <05927> up on mount <02022> 
Zion <06726> to judge <08199> the mount <02022> of Esau <06215>; 
and the kingdom <04410> shall be the LORD'S <03068>.









 

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