Obadiah — Legacy Standard Bible

Edom Will Be Brought Down

1The vision of Obadiah. Thus says Lord ¹Yahweh concerning ^aEdom— ^bWe have heard a report from Yahweh,And an ^cenvoy has been sent among the nations saying,“^dArise! And let us arise against her for battle”—

²“Behold, I will make you ^asmall among the nations;You are greatly despised.³“The ^aarrogance of your heart has deceived you,You who dwell in the clefts of ¹the ^bcliff,In the height of your habitation,Who says in his heart,‘^cWho will bring me down to earth?’⁴“Though you ^abuild loftily like the eagle,Though you set your nest among the ^bstars,From there I will bring you down,” declares Yahweh.⁵“If ^athieves came to you,If ¹robbers by night—Oh how you will be ruined!—Would they not thieve only ²until they had enough?If grape gatherers came to you,^bWould they not allow some gleanings to remain?⁶“Oh how Esau will be ^asearched outAnd his hidden treasures ransacked!⁷“All the ^amen who have ¹a covenant with youWill send you forth to the border,And the men at peace with youWill deceive you and overpower you.They who eat your ^bbreadWill set an ambush for you.(There is ^cno discernment ²in him.)⁸“Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh,“^aCause the wise men to perish from EdomAnd discernment from the mountain of Esau?⁹“Then your ^amighty men will be dismayed, O ^bTeman,So that each one may be ^ccut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.¹⁰“Because of ^aviolence to your brother Jacob,¹You will be covered with shame,^bAnd you will be cut off forever.¹¹“On the day that you ^astood aloof,On the day that strangers took his wealth captiveAnd foreigners entered his gateAnd ^bcast lots for Jerusalem—^cYou too were as one of them.¹²“^aNow do not look on your brother’s day with triumph,The day of his misfortune.And ^bdo not be glad over the sons of JudahIn the day when they perish;And ^cdo not ¹let your mouth speak great thingsIn the day of their distress.¹³“Do not enter the gate of My peopleIn the ^aday of their disaster.Indeed, you, do not look on their calamity with triumphIn the day of their disaster.And do not ^bsend out for their wealthIn the day of their disaster.¹⁴“Do not ^astand at the fork of the roadTo cut down those among them who escape;And do not deliver over their survivorsIn the day of their distress.

The Day of Yahweh Is Near

¹⁵“For the ^aday of Yahweh draws near on all the nations.^bAs you have done, it will be done to you.Your ^cdealings will return on your own head.¹⁶“Because just as you all ^adrank on ^bMy holy mountain,All the nations ^cwill drink continually.They will drink and ¹swallow,And they will be as if they never were.¹⁷“But on Mount ^aZion there will be those who escape,And it will be holy.And the house of Jacob will ^bpossess their possessions.¹⁸“Then the house of Jacob will be a ^afireAnd the house of Joseph a flame;But the house of Esau will be as stubble.And they will set ¹them on fire and consume ²themSo that there will be ^bno survivor of the house of Esau,”For Yahweh has spoken.

The Kingdom of Yahweh

¹⁹Then those of the ¹Negev will ^apossess the mountain of Esau,And those of the ²Shephelah, the ^bPhilistine plain;And they will ^cpossess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,And Benjamin will possess Gilead.²⁰And the exiles of this ¹military force of the sons of Israel,Who are among the Canaanites as far as ^aZarephath,And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad,Will possess the ^bcities of the Negev.²¹And the ^asaviors will ascend Mount ZionTo judge the mountain of Esau,And the ^bkingdom will belong to Yahweh.