Obadiah 1

1 The vision of Obadiah.

Edom Will Be Humbled

Thus says the Lord God*See Jer. 49:7-22;Ezek. 25:12-14concerning Edom:

*For ver. 1-4, see Jer. 49:14-16We have heard a report from the Lord,

and a messenger has been sent among the nations:

"Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!"

2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations;

you shall be utterly despised.*2 Or Behold, I have made you small among the nations; you are utterly despised

3 *[Num. 24:21,22] The pride of your heart has deceived you,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,*3 Or of Sela

in your lofty dwelling,

*[Isa. 14:13-15]who say in your heart,

"Who will bring me down to the ground?"

4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,

though your nest is set among the stars,

from there I will bring you down,

declares the Lord.

5 If *Jer. 49:9thieves came to you,

if plunderers came by night—

how you have been destroyed!—

would they not steal only enough for themselves?

If *Jer. 49:9grape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave gleanings?

6 *[Jer. 49:10]How Esau has been pillaged,

his treasures sought out!

7 All your allies have driven you to your border;

those at peace with you have deceived you;

they have prevailed against you;

*[Ps. 41:9] those who eat your bread*7 Hebrew lacks those who eat have set a trap beneath you—

*[Jer. 49:7]you have*7 Hebrew he has no understanding.

8 *[Isa. 29:14] Will I not on that day, declares the Lord,

destroy the wise men out of Edom,

and understanding out of *[Ezek. 35:2]Mount Esau?

9 And your mighty men shall be dismayed, *Amos 1:12;See 1 Chr. 1:45O Teman,

so that every man from *[See ver. 8above]Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

Edom’s Violence Against Jacob

10 *Num. 20:20,21Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

*[Ezek. 35:9]and you shall be cut off forever.

11 *Ps. 137:7;[Jer. 12:14] On the day that you stood aloof,

*See 2 Kgs. 25:10-20on the day that strangers carried off his wealth

and foreigners entered his gates

*Joel 3:3and cast lots for Jerusalem,

you were like one of them.

12 *[Ps. 22:17] But do not gloat over the day of your brother

in the day of his misfortune;

*[Mic. 4:11;7:8] do not rejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their ruin;

*[1 Sam. 2:3]do not boast*12 Hebrew do not enlarge your mouth

in the day of distress.

13 *[Prov. 17:5] Do not enter the gate of my people

in the day of their calamity;

*[Prov. 17:5] do not gloat over his disaster

in the day of his calamity;

*[Ezek. 35:10]do not loot his wealth

in the day of his calamity.

14 *[Ezek. 21:21]Do not stand at the crossroads

to cut off his fugitives;

do not hand over his survivors

in the day of distress.

The Day of the Lord Is Near

15 For *See Joel 1:15the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.

*Jer. 50:29;Ezek. 35:15;Hab. 2:8As you have done, it shall be done to you;

your deeds shall return on your own head.

16 *See Jer. 25:27,28For as you have drunk on *See Joel 3:17my holy mountain,

so all the nations shall drink continually;

they shall drink and swallow,

and shall be as though they had never been.

17 *[Amos 9:8]; See Joel 2:32But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,

and it shall be holy,

*[Amos 9:12]and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.

18 *Zech. 12:6;[Isa. 10:17;Jer. 5:14] The house of Jacob shall be a fire,

and the house of Joseph a flame,

and the house of Esau *See Joel 2:5stubble;

they shall burn them and consume them,

*Ezek. 25:14and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,

for the Lord has spoken.

The Kingdom of the Lord

19 Those of *[Josh. 10:40;Judg. 1:9] the Negeb *[See ver. 17above] shall possess *ver. 8Mount Esau,

and those of the Shephelah shall possess *Jer. 17:26the land of the Philistines;

they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of *See Jer. 23:13Samaria,

and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel

shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as *1 Kgs. 17:9;[Luke 4:26]Zarephath,

and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad

shall possess the cities of the Negeb.

21 *[2 Kgs. 13:5;Isa. 19:20;1 Tim. 4:16;James 5:20] Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion

to rule *[See ver. 19above] Mount Esau,

and *Ps. 22:28;Dan. 2:44;7:14,27;Zech. 14:9;Luke 1:33;1 Cor. 15:24;Rev. 11:15;19:6the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.