Obadiah   1

 1. The vision <02377> of Obadiah <05662>. Thus <03541> saith <0559>

the Lord <0136> GOD <03069> concerning Edom <0123>; We have heard

<08085> a rumour <08052> from the LORD <03068>, and an ambassador

<06735> is sent <07971> among the heathen <01471>, Arise <06965> ye,

and let us rise <06965> up against <05921> her in battle <04421>.

 2  Behold <02009>, I have made <05414> thee small <06996> among the

heathen <01471>: thou art greatly <03966> despised <0959>.

 3  The pride <02087> of thine heart <03820> hath deceived <05377>

thee, thou that dwellest <07931> in the clefts <02288> of the rock

<05553>, whose habitation <03427> [is] high <04791>; that saith

<0559> in his heart <03820>, Who <04310> shall bring <03381> me down

<03381> to the ground <0776>?

 4  Though <0518> thou exalt <01361> [thyself] as the eagle <05404>,

and though <0518> thou set <07760> thy nest <07064> among <0996> the

stars <03556>, thence <08033> will I bring <03381> thee down

<03381>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

 5  If <0518> thieves <01590> came <0935> to thee, if <0518> robbers

<07703> by night <03915>, (how art thou cut <01820> off!) would they

not have stolen <01589> till they had enough <01767>? if <0518> the

grapegatherers <01219> came <0935> to thee, would <014> they not

leave <07604> [some] grapes?

 6  How <0349> are [the things] of Esau <06215> searched <02664>

out! [how] are his hidden <04710> things sought <01156> up!

 7  All <03605> the men <0582> of thy confederacy <01285> have

brought <07971> thee [even] to the border <01366>: the men <0582>

that were at peace <07965> with thee have deceived <05377> thee,

[and] prevailed <03201> against thee; [they that eat] thy bread

<03899> have laid <07760> a wound <04204> under <08478> thee: [there

is] none <0369> understanding <08394> in him.

 8  Shall I not in that day <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>,

even destroy <06> the wise <02450> [men] out of Edom <0123>, and

understanding <08394> out of the mount <02022> of Esau <06215>?

 9  And thy mighty <01368> [men], O Teman <08487>, shall be dismayed

<02865>, to the end <04616> that every <0376> one <0376> of the

mount <02022> of Esau <06215> may be cut <03772> off by slaughter

<06993>.

 10. For [thy] violence <02555> against thy brother <0251> Jacob

<03290> shame <0955> shall cover <03680> thee, and thou shalt be cut

<03772> off for ever <05769>.

 11  In the day <03117> that thou stoodest <05975> on the other

<05048> side <05048>, in the day <03117> that the strangers <02114>

carried <07617> away captive <07617> his forces <02428>, and

foreigners <05237> entered <0935> into his gates <08179>, and cast

<03032> lots <01486> upon Jerusalem <03389>, even <01571> thou

[wast] as one <0259> of them.

 12  But thou shouldest not have looked <07200> on the day <03117>

of thy brother <0251> in the day <03117> that he became <05235> a

stranger <05235>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have rejoiced

<08055> over the children <01121> of Judah <03063> in the day

<03117> of their destruction <06>; neither <0408> shouldest thou

have spoken <06310> proudly <01431> in the day <03117> of distress

<06869>.

 13  Thou shouldest not have entered <0935> into the gate <08179> of

my people <05971> in the day <03117> of their calamity <0343>; yea

<01571>, thou shouldest not have looked <07200> on their affliction

<07451> in the day <03117> of their calamity <0343>, nor <0408> have

laid <07971> [hands] on their substance <02428> in the day <03117>

of their calamity <0343>;

 14  Neither <0408> shouldest thou have stood <05975> in the

crossway <06563>, to cut <03772> off those of his that did escape

<06412>; neither <0408> shouldest thou have delivered <05462> up

those of his that did remain <08300> in the day <03117> of distress

<06869>.

 15  For the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [is] near <07138> upon

all <03605> the heathen <01471>: as thou hast done <06213>, it shall

be done <06213> unto thee: thy reward <01576> shall return <07725>

upon thine own head <07218>.

 16  For as ye have drunk <08354> upon my holy <06944> mountain

<02022>, [so] shall all <03605> the heathen <01471> drink <08354>

continually <08548>, yea, they shall drink <08354>, and they shall

swallow <03886> down, and they shall be as though they had not been

<01961>.

 17. But upon mount <02022> Zion <06726> shall be deliverance

<06413>, and there shall be holiness <06944>; and the house <01004>

of Jacob <03290> shall possess <03423> their possessions <04180>.

 18  And the house <01004> of Jacob <03290> shall be a fire <0784>,

and the house <01004> of Joseph <03130> a flame <03852>, and the

house <01004> of Esau <06215> for stubble <07179>, and they shall

kindle <01814> in them, and devour <0398> them; and there shall not

be [any] remaining <08300> of the house <01004> of Esau <06215>; for

the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> [it].

 19  And [they of] the south <05045> shall possess <03423> the mount

<02022> of Esau <06215>; and [they of] the plain <08219> the

Philistines <06430>: and they shall possess <03423> the fields

<07704> of Ephraim <0669>, and the fields <07704> of Samaria

<08111>: and Benjamin <01144> [shall possess] Gilead <01568>.

 20  And the captivity <01546> of this <02088> host <02426> of the

children <01121> of Israel <03478> [shall possess] that of the

Canaanites <03669>, [even] unto Zarephath <06886>; and the captivity

<01546> of Jerusalem <03389>, which <0834> [is] in Sepharad <05614>,

shall possess <0423> the cities <05892> of the south <05045>.

 21  And saviours <03467> shall come <05927> up on mount <02022>

Zion <06726> to judge <08199> the mount <02022> of Esau <06215>; and

the kingdom <04410> shall be the LORD'S <03068>.