Obadiah 1–9
1 The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord God aconcerning Edom
b(We have heard a report from the Lord,
And a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying,
“Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”):
2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You shall be greatly despised.
3 The cpride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
dYou who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
4 eThough you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you fset your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.
5 “If gthieves had come to you,
If robbers by night—
Oh, how you will be cut off!—
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
hWould they not have left some gleanings?
6 “Oh, how Esau shall be searched out!
How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!
7 All the men in your confederacy
Shall force you to the border;
iThe men at peace with you
Shall deceive you and prevail against you.
Those who eat your bread shall lay a 1trap for you.
8 “Will kI not in that day,” says the Lord,
“Even destroy the wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountains of Esau?
9 Then your lmighty men, O mTeman, shall be dismayed,
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.