Obadiah 1–16

The vision of Obadiah.

Edom’s Certain Judgment

This is what the Lord God has said about Edom: ^a

We have heard a message from the Lord; ^b

a messenger has been sent ^camong the nations:

“Rise up, ^dand let us go to war against her.” ^e

²Look, I will make you insignificant ^f

among the nations;

you will be deeply despised.

³Your presumptuous heart has deceived you, ^g

you who live in clefts of the rock ^hij

in your home on the heights,

who say to yourself,

“Who can bring me down to the ground?” ^k

⁴Though you seem to soar ^llike an eagle ^m

and make your nest among the stars, ⁿ

even from there I will bring you down.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

⁵If thieves came to you, ^o

if marauders by night—

how ravaged you would be!—

wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?

If grape pickers came to you,

wouldn’t they leave some grapes? ^p

⁶How Esau will be pillaged, ^q

his hidden treasures searched out! ^r

⁷Everyone who has a treaty with you ^s

will drive you to the border;

everyone at peace with you

will deceive and conquer you.

Those who eat your bread ^t

will set ^ua trap for you.

He will be unaware of it. ^v

⁸In that day—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

will I not eliminate the wise ones of Edom ^w

and those who understand

from the hill country of Esau?

⁹Teman, ^xyyour warriors ^zwill be terrified

so that everyone from the hill country of Esau

will be destroyed by slaughter. ^a

Edom’s Sins against Judah

¹⁰You will be covered with shame

and destroyed forever

because of violence done to your brother Jacob. ^b

¹¹On the day you stood aloof, ^c

on the day strangers captured his wealth, ^d

while foreigners entered his gate

and cast lots for Jerusalem, ^e

you were just like one of them. ^f

¹²Do not ^ggloat over your brother ^h

in the day of his calamity;

do not rejoice over the people of Judah ⁱ

in the day of their destruction;

do not boastfully mock ^jk

in the day of distress. ^l

¹³Do not enter the gate of My people

in the day of their disaster. ^m

Yes, you—do not gloat over their misery

in the day of their disaster

and do not appropriate their possessions ⁿ

in the day of their disaster.

¹⁴Do not stand at the crossroads ^op

to cut off their fugitives,

and do not hand over their survivors

in the day of distress.

Judgment of the Nations

¹⁵For the Day of the Lord ^qis near,

against all the nations. ^r

As you have done, ^sso it will be done to you;

what you deserve will return on your own head. ^t

¹⁶As you have drunk on My holy mountain, ^u

so all the nations will drink continually. ^v

They will drink and gulp down

and be as though they had never been.