Obadiah 1-14
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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.