Obadiah 1–16

Edom Will Be Brought Down

¹The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says Lord ¹Yahweh concerning ^aEdom—

^bWe have heard a report from Yahweh,

And an ^cenvoy has been sent among the nations saying,

“^dArise! And let us arise against her for battle”—

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

You are greatly despised.

³“The ^aarrogance of your heart has deceived you,

You who dwell in the clefts of ¹the ^bcliff,

In the height of your habitation,

Who says in his heart,

‘^cWho will bring me down to earth?’

⁴“Though you ^abuild loftily like the eagle,

Though you set your nest among the ^bstars,

From there I will bring you down,” declares Yahweh.

⁵“If ^athieves came to you,

If ¹robbers by night—

Oh how you will be ruined!—

Would they not thieve only ²until they had enough?

If grape gatherers came to you,

^bWould they not allow some gleanings to remain?

⁶“Oh how Esau will be ^asearched out

And his hidden treasures ransacked!

⁷“All the ^amen who have ¹a covenant with you

Will send you forth to the border,

And the men at peace with you

Will deceive you and overpower you.

They who eat your ^bbread

Will set an ambush for you.

(There is ^cno discernment ²in him.)

⁸“Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh,

“^aCause the wise men to perish from Edom

And discernment from the mountain of Esau?

⁹“Then your ^amighty men will be dismayed, O ^bTeman,

So that each one may be ^ccut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

¹⁰“Because of ^aviolence to your brother Jacob,

¹You will be covered with shame,

^bAnd you will be cut off forever.

¹¹“On the day that you ^astood aloof,

On the day that strangers took his wealth captive

And foreigners entered his gate

And ^bcast lots for Jerusalem—

^cYou too were as one of them.

¹²“^aNow do not look on your brother’s day with triumph,

The day of his misfortune.

And ^bdo not be glad over the sons of Judah

In the day when they perish;

And ^cdo not ¹let your mouth speak great things

In the day of their distress.

¹³“Do not enter the gate of My people

In the ^aday of their disaster.

Indeed, you, do not look on their calamity with triumph

In the day of their disaster.

And do not ^bsend out for their wealth

In the day of their disaster.

¹⁴“Do not ^astand at the fork of the road

To cut down those among them who escape;

And do not deliver over their survivors

In the day of their distress.

The Day of Yahweh Is Near

¹⁵“For the ^aday of Yahweh draws near on all the nations.

^bAs you have done, it will be done to you.

Your ^cdealings will return on your own head.

¹⁶“Because just as you all ^adrank on ^bMy holy mountain,

All the nations ^cwill drink continually.

They will drink and ¹swallow,

And they will be as if they never were.