Proud Edom Will Be Brought Low

1 The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom:

We have heard a report from the Lord,

and a messenger has been sent among the nations:

“Rise up! Let us rise against it for battle!”

2 I will surely make you least among the nations;

you shall be utterly despised.

3 Your proud heart has deceived you,

you that live in the clefts of the rock,a

whose dwelling is in the heights.

You say in your heart,

“Who will bring me down to the ground?”

4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,

though your nest is set among the stars,

from there I will bring you down,

says the Lord.

Pillage and Slaughter Will Repay Edom’s Cruelty

5 If thieves came to you,

if plunderers by night

—how you have been destroyed!—

would they not steal only what they wanted?

If grape-gatherers came to you,

would they not leave gleanings?

6 How Esau has been pillaged,

his treasures searched out!