Obadiah 1–14

^1*The vision of Obadiah.

Thus saith the Lord God ^aconcerning Edom;

^bcWe have heard a rumour from the Lord,

And an ambassador is sent among the heathen,

Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

^2cBehold, I have made thee small among the heathen:

Thou art greatly despised.

^3cThe pride of thine heart hath ^mdeceived thee,

Thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose ^dhabitation is high;

^eThat saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

^4ceThough thou exalt thyself as the eagle,

And ^efgthough thou set thy nest among the stars,

^gThence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

^5hIf thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou ⁱcut off!)

Would they not have stolen till they had enough?

^hIf the grapegatherers came to thee,

^kWould they not leave ^||some grapes?

^6lHow are the things of Esau searched out!

How are his hidden things sought up!

⁷All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border:

^†The men that were at peace with thee have ^mdeceived thee, and prevailed against thee;

^†nThey that eat thy bread have laid ^oa wound under thee:

^pThere is none understanding ^||in him.

^8qShall I not ^rin that day, saith the Lord,

Even destroy ^pthe wise men out of Edom,

And ^punderstanding out of ^sthe mount of Esau?

⁹And ^tthy mighty men, O ^puTeman, shall be dismayed,

To the end that every one of ^sthe mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

^10vFor thy ^wviolence against ^xthy brother Jacob shame ^wshall cover thee,

And ^ythou shalt be cut off for ever.

^11vIn the day that thou stoodest on the other side,

In the day that the strangers ^||carried away captive his forces,

And foreigners entered into his gates,

And ^acast lots upon Jerusalem,

Even thou wast as one of them.

¹²But ^||thou shouldest not have ^blooked on ^cthe day of thy brother in the day ^dthat he became a stranger;

Neither shouldest thou have ^erejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction;

Neither shouldest thou have ^†spoken proudly in the day of distress.

¹³Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people ^fin the day of their calamity:

Yea, thou shouldest not have ^blooked on their affliction in the day of their calamity,

^gNor have ^hlaid hands on their ^||substance in the day of their calamity;

¹⁴Neither shouldest thou have stood in ⁱthe crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape;

Neither shouldest thou have ^||delivered up ^kthose of his that did remain in the day of distress.