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Obadiah 1
1:1

The vision2377 of Obadiah.5662 Thus saith559 my Sovereign136 Yahweh3069 concerning Edom;123 We have heard8085 a rumour8052 from Yahweh,3068 and an ambassador6735 is sent7971 among the heathen,1471 Arise6965 ye, and let us rise up6965 against her in battle.4421

1:2

Behold, I have made5414 thee small6996 among the heathen:1471 thou art greatly3966 despised.959

1:3

The pride2087 of thine heart3820 hath deceived5377 thee, thou that dwellest7931 in the clefts2288 of the rock,5553 whose habitation3427 is high;4791 that saith559 in his heart,3820 Who shall bring me down3381 to the ground?776

1:4

Though thou exalt1361 thyself as the eagle,5404 and though thou set7760 thy nest7064 among the stars,3556 thence will I bring thee down,3381 saith5002 Yahweh.3068

1:5

If thieves1590 came935 to thee, if robbers7703 by night,3915 (how art thou cut off!)1820 would they not have stolen1589 till they had enough?1767 if the grapegatherers1219 came935 to thee, would they not leave7604 some grapes?5955

1:6

How are the things of Esau6215 searched out!2664 how are his hidden things4710 sought up!1158

1:7

All the men582 of thy confederacy1285 have brought7971 thee even to the border:1366 the men582 that were at peace7965 with thee have deceived5377 thee, and prevailed3201 against thee; they that eat thy bread3899 have laid7760 a wound4204 under thee: there is none understanding8394 in him.

1:8

Shall I not in that day,3117 saith5002 Yahweh,3068 even destroy6 the wise2450 men out of Edom,123 and understanding8394 out of the mount2022 of Esau?6215

1:9

And thy mighty1368 men, O Teman,8487 shall be dismayed,2865 to the end that every one376 of the mount2022 of Esau6215 may be cut off3772 by slaughter.6993

1:10

For thy violence2555 against thy brother251 Jacob3290 shame955 shall cover3680 thee, and thou shalt be cut off3772 for ever.5769

1:11

In the day3117 that thou stoodest5975 on the other side, in the day3117 that the strangers2114 carried away captive7617 his forces,2428 and foreigners5237 entered935 into his gates,8179 and cast3032 lots1486 upon Jerusalem,3389 even thou wast as one259 of them.

1:12

But thou shouldest not have looked7200 on the day3117 of thy brother251 in the day3117 that he became a stranger;5235 neither shouldest thou have rejoiced8055 over the children1121 of Judah3063 in the day3117 of their destruction;6 neither shouldest thou have spoken6310 proudly1431 in the day3117 of distress.6869

1:13

Thou shouldest not have entered935 into the gate8179 of my people5971 in the day3117 of their calamity;343 yea, thou shouldest not have looked7200 on their affliction7451 in the day3117 of their calamity,343 nor have laid7971 hands on their substance2428 in the day3117 of their calamity;343

1:14

Neither shouldest thou have stood5975 in the crossway,6563 to cut off3772 those of his that did escape;6412 neither shouldest thou have delivered up5462 those of his that did remain8300 in the day3117 of distress.6869

1:15

For the day3117 of Yahweh3068 is near7138 upon all the heathen:1471 as thou hast done,6213 it shall be done6213 unto thee: thy reward1576 shall return7725 upon thine own head.7218

1:16

For as ye have drunk8354 upon my holy6944 mountain,2022 so shall all the heathen1471 drink8354 continually,8548 yea, they shall drink,8354 and they shall swallow down,3886 and they shall be as though they had not3808 been.

1:17

But upon mount2022 Zion6726 shall be deliverance,6413 and there shall be holiness;6944 and the house1004 of Jacob3290 shall possess3423 their possessions.4180

1:18

And the house1004 of Jacob3290 shall be a fire,784 and the house1004 of Joseph3130 a flame,3852 and the house1004 of Esau6215 for stubble,7179 and they shall kindle1814 in them, and devour398 them; and there shall not be any remaining8300 of the house1004 of Esau;6215 for Yahweh3068 hath spoken1696 it.

1:19

And they of the south5045 shall possess3423 the mount2022 of Esau;6215 and they of the plain8219 the Philistines:6430 and they shall possess3423 the fields7704 of Ephraim,669 and the fields7704 of Samaria:8111 and Benjamin1144 shall possess Gilead.1568

1:20

And the captivity1546 of this host2426 of the children1121 of Israel3478 shall possess that of the Canaanites,3669 even unto Zarephath;6886 and the captivity1546 of Jerusalem,3389 which is in Sepharad,5614 shall possess3423 the cities5892 of the south.5045

1:21

And saviours3467 shall come up5927 on mount2022 Zion6726 to judge8199 the mount2022 of Esau;6215 and the kingdom4410 shall be Yahweh's.3068