1 The vision 02377 of Obadiah 05662. Thus 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 up 06965 against her in battle 04421.
2 Behold, I have made 05414 thee small 06996 among the heathen 01471: thou art greatly 03966 despised 0959.
3 The pride 02087 of thy 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 shall bring me down 03381 to the ground 0776?
4 Though thou shalt exalt 01361 thyself as the eagle 05404, and though thou shalt set 07760 thy nest 07064 among the stars 03556, from there will I bring thee down 03381, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
5 If thieves 01590 came 0935 to thee, if robbers 07703 by night 03915, (how art thou cut off 01820!) would they not have stolen 01589 till they had enough 01767? if the grapegatherers 01219 came 0935 to thee, would they not leave 07604 some grapes 05955? some…: or, gleanings?
6 How are the things of Esau 06215 searched out 02664! how are his hidden 04710 things sought 01158!
7 All 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 trap 04204 under thee: there is no understanding 08394 in him. that were…: Heb. of thy peacethey…: Heb. the men of thy breadin him: or, of it
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 that every one 0376 of the mount 02022 of Esau 06215 may be cut off 03772 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 off 03772 for ever 05769.
11 In the day 03117 that thou stoodest 05975 on the other side, in the day 03117 that the strangers 02114 carried away captive 07617 his forces 02428, and foreigners 05237 entered 0935 into his gates 08179, and cast 03032 lots 01486 upon Jerusalem 03389, even thou wast as one 0259 of them. captive…: or, his substance
12 But thou shouldest not have looked 07200 on the day 03117 of thy brother 0251 in the day 03117 that he became a stranger 05235; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced 08055 over the children 01121 of Judah 03063 in the day 03117 of their destruction 06; neither shouldest thou have spoken 06310 proudly 01431 in the day 03117 of distress 06869. spoken…: Heb. magnified thy mouth
13 Thou shouldest not have entered 0935 into the gate 08179 of my people 05971 in the day 03117 of their calamity 0343; yea, thou shouldest not have looked 07200 on their affliction 07451 in the day 03117 of their calamity 0343, nor have laid 07971 hands on their substance 02428 in the day 03117 of their calamity 0343; substance: or, forces
14 Neither shouldest thou have stood 05975 in the crossway 06563, to cut off 03772 those of his that escaped 06412; neither shouldest thou have delivered up 05462 those of his that remained 08300 in the day 03117 of distress 06869. delivered up: or, shut up
15 For the day 03117 of the LORD 03068 is near 07138 upon all the heathen 01471: as thou hast done 06213, it shall be done 06213 to thee: thy reward 01576 shall return 07725 upon thy own head 07218.
16 For as ye drank 08354 upon my holy 06944 mountain 02022, so shall all the heathen 01471 drink 08354 continually 08548, yea, they shall drink 08354, and they shall swallow down 03886, and they shall be as though they had not 03808 been. swallow…: or, sup up
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. deliverance: or, they that escapethere…: or, it shall be holy
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 captives 01546 of this host 02426 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 shall possess that of the Canaanites 03669, even to Zarephath 06886; and the captives 01546 of Jerusalem 03389, which is in Sepharad 05614, shall possess 03423 the cities 05892 of the south 05045. which…: or, shall possess that which is in
21 And deliverers 03467 shall come upon 05927 mount 02022 Zion 06726 to judge 08199 the mount 02022 of Esau 06215; and the kingdom 04410 shall be the LORD’S 03068.