Obadiah 1–14
1 The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord 1God concerning aEdom—
bWe have heard a report from the Lord,
And an cenvoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“dArise and let us go 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 live in the clefts of 1the brock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘cWho will bring me down to earth?’
4 “Though you abuild high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the bstars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
5 “If athieves came to you,
If 1robbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only 2until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
bWould they not leave some gleanings?
6 “O how Esau will be aransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
7 “All the amen 1allied 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 understanding 2in him.)
8 “Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,
“aDestroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
9 “Then your amighty men will be dismayed, O bTeman,
So that everyone 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 carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And bcast lots for Jerusalem—
cYou too were as one of them.
12 “aDo not 1gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And bdo not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
In the day of their distress.
13 “Do not enter the gate of My people
In the aday of their disaster.
Yes, you, do not 1gloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not bloot their wealth
In the day of their disaster.
14 “Do not astand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.