Obadiah 1–9

The Coming Judgment on Edom

1 The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord God aconcerning Edom

b(We have heard a report from the Lord,

And a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying,

“Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”):

2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations;

You shall be greatly despised.

3 The cpride of your heart has deceived you,

You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,

Whose habitation is high;

dYou who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

4 eThough you ascend as high as the eagle,

And though you fset your nest among the stars,

From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.

5 “If gthieves had come to you,

If robbers by night—

Oh, how you will be cut off!—

Would they not have stolen till they had enough?

If grape-gatherers had come to you,

hWould they not have left some gleanings?

6 “Oh, how Esau shall be searched out!

How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!

7 All the men in your confederacy

Shall force you to the border;

iThe men at peace with you

Shall deceive you and prevail against you.

Those who eat your bread shall lay a 1trap for you.

jNo 2one is aware of it.

8 “Will kI not in that day,” says the Lord,

“Even destroy the wise men from Edom,

And understanding from the mountains of Esau?

9 Then your lmighty men, O mTeman, shall be dismayed,

To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau

May be cut off by slaughter.