\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Obadiah}
{\MT Obadiah

\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}The
vision
of
Obadiah;
what
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
said
about
Edom:
\par }{\Q We
have
heard
a
report
from
the
{\ND{
Lord}},
\par }{\QB a
messenger
has
been
sent
among
the
nations;
\par }{\Q Rise
up,
let
us
rise
against
Edom
in
battle!
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{2}I
will
make
you
small
among
the
nations,
\par }{\QB and
despised
by
all!
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Your
proud
heart
has
misled
you,
\par }{\QB you
who
live
in
the
clefts
of
the
rock,
\par }{\QB you
who
build
on
high
your
dwelling.
\par }{\Q You
say
to
yourselves,
\par }{\QB ‘Who
can
bring
me
down
to
earth?’
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Though
you
build
high
as
the
eagle,
\par }{\QB though
between
the
stars
you
set
your
nest,
\par }{\Q from
there
will
I
bring
you
down,
\par }{\QB says
the
{\ND{
Lord}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}If
thieves
had
come
to
you,
marauders
by
night
\par }{\QB would
they
not
have
stolen
only
as
much
as
they
needed?
\par }{\Q If grape-gatherers
had
come
to
you
\par }{\QB would
they
not
have
left
some
gleanings?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Descendents
of
Esau,
\par }{\QB all
your
treasures
are
looted.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}To
your
border
they
have
driven
you,
\par }{\QB all
your
allies
have
betrayed
you.
\par }{\Q Your avowed
friends
have
overpowered
you,
\par }{\QB they
have
set
a
trap
for
you.
\par }{\Q Where
is
your
wisdom
now?
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
{\ND{
Lord}}
says:
\par }{\Q On
that
day,
\par }{\Q I
will
destroy
the
wise
of
Edom,
\par }{\QB drive
wisdom
out
of
Mount
Esau.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Your
warriors
will
be
filled
with
terror,
Teman,
\par }{\QB none
will
be
left
alive
on
Mount
Esau.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{10}Because
of
the
violence
done
to
your
relatives,
the
people
of
Jacob,
\par }{\QB shame
covers
you,
\par }{\QB you
are
cut
off
forever.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}In
the
day
when
you
stood
aloof,
\par }{\QB in
the
day
when
strangers
carried
away
their
wealth,
\par }{\QB and
strangers
entered
into
their
gates,
\par }{\QB and
over
Jerusalem
cast
lots,
\par }{\Q you
were
as
one
of
those
strangers.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}You
should
not
have
gloated
over
your
relatives,
\par }{\QB in
the
day
of
their
misfortune.
\par }{\Q You
should
not
have
exulted
over
the
land
of
Judah
\par }{\QB in
the
day
of
their
destruction.
\par }{\Q You
should
not
have
laughed
loudly
\par }{\QB at
their
distress.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}You
should
not
have
entered
in
at
the
gate
of
my
people
\par }{\QB in
the
day
of
their
disaster.
\par }{\Q You
should
not
have
gloated
over
their
calamity,
\par }{\QB in
the
day
of
their
disaster,
\par }{\Q nor
stretched
out
your
hand
after
their
wealth
\par }{\QB in
the
day
of
their
disaster,
\par }{\Q \VS{14}nor
stood
at
the crossroads
\par }{\QB to
cut
down
their
fugitives,
\par }{\Q nor
should
you
have
betrayed
their
refugees
\par }{\QB in
the
day
of
distress.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}Near
at
hand
is
the
{\ND{
Lord}}’s
day
for
all
the
nations.
\par }{\Q As
you
have
done
so
will
it
be
done
to
you.
\par }{\Q Your
deeds
will
come
back
on
your
own
head.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}As
you
have
drunk
upon
my
holy
mountain,
\par }{\QB so
all
the
nations
will
drink
in
turn;
\par }{\Q They
will
drink
deep
\par }{\QB and
be
as
though
they
had
not
been.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}But
on
Mount
Zion
some
will
escape,
\par }{\QB it
will
be
again
holy,
\par }{\Q and
those
of
the
house
of
Jacob
\par }{\QB will
again
enter
into
their
possessions.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}For
the
house
of
Jacob
will
be
a
fire,
\par }{\QB and
the
house
of
Joseph
a
flame,
\par }{\Q but
the
house
of
Esau
will
become
stubble.
\par }{\QB They
will
kindle
and
devour
it.
\par }{\Q Not
even
one
of
the
house
of
Esau
will
escape,
\par }{\QB for
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
has
spoken.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}They
will
possess
the Negeb
and
Mount
Esau,
\par }{\QB and
the
Shephelah
of
the
Philistines.
\par }{\Q They
will
possess
the
territory
of
Ephraim
and
Samaria,
\par }{\QB and
Benjamin
will
possess
Gilead.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}The
exiles
of
Israel
will
possess
the
land
of
the
Canaanites
\par }{\QB as
far
as
Zarephath.
\par }{\Q The
captives
of
Jerusalem
who
are
in
Sepharad
\par }{\QB will
possess
the
cities
of
the Negreb.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}The
rescued
will
come
up
on
Mount
Zion
to
rule
Mount
Esau,
\par }{\QB and
the
kingdom
will
belong
to
the
{\ND{
Lord}}.
\par }