Obadiah 1–9

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.