\NormalFont\ShortTitle{OBADIAH}
{\MTB This book contains the account of God telling Obadiah that Edom would be destroyed because of the evil they did to Israel. We call this book
\par }{\MT Obadiah

\par }\OneChap {\SH Yahweh will punish the Edomites
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
a
message
that
Yahweh
our
God
gave
to
me,
Obadiah,
about
the
Edom
{\ADD{people-group}}.
\par }{\PP Yahweh
our
God
has
told
me
this
about
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Edom:
\par }{\Q “I,
Yahweh,
have
sent
a
messenger
to
other
nations,
\par }{\QB telling
them
to
prepare
to
go
and
attack
Edom.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{2}And
Yahweh
says
this
to
the
people
of
Edom:
\par }{\Q “I
will
soon
cause
you
to
become
the weakest
and
most
despised
nation
{\ADD{
on
the
earth}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Your
{\ADD{
capital
city}}
is
high
in
the
rocky
cliffs,
\par }{\QB and
you
are
very
proud;
\par }{\Q you
think
that
you
are
safe
from
being
attacked
by
your
enemies [RHQ],
\par }{\QB but
you [IDM]
have
deceived
yourselves.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}And
I
tell
you
that
even
if
{\ADD{
you
had
wings
and}}
could
fly
higher
than
eagles
fly,
\par }{\QB and
if
you
could
make
your
homes
among
the
stars,
\par }{\QB I
would
bring
you
{\ADD{
crashing}}
down
from
there.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}When
thieves
break
into
someone’s
house
during
the
night,
\par }{\QB they
certainly [RHQ]
steal
only
the
things
that
they
want.
\par }{\Q And
people
who
pick
grapes
always [RHQ]
leave
a
few
grapes
on
the
vines.
\par }{\QB But
your
country
will
be
completely
destroyed!
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Everything
that
is
valuable
will
be
taken
away.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Your
enemies}}
will
find
and
take
away
even
the
valuable
things
that
you
have
hidden.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}All ◄your
allies/nations
who
promised
to
help
you►
will
turn
against
you,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
force
you
to
leave
your
country/land.
\par }{\Q Those
with
whom
you
have
peace
now
will trick/deceive
you
and
defeat
you.
\par }{\QB Those
who
eat
meals
with
you
now
are
planning
to
trap
you,
\par }{\Q and
{\ADD{
then
they
will
say
to
you}}, ‘You
are
not [RHQ]
as
clever
{\ADD{
as
you
thought
you
were}}!’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}I,
Yahweh,
declare
that
at
the
time
that
I
destroy
Edom,
\par }{\QB I
will
punish
the
men
who
live
in
those
cliffs
who
{\ADD{
thought
that
they}}
were
wise.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}The
soldiers
from
Teman
{\ADD{
town}}
will
become
terrified;
\par }{\QB all
you
people
who
are
descendants
of
Esau
will
be ◄wiped
out/killed►.
\par }{\SH The
reasons
for
Edom’s
punishment
\par }{\Q \VS{10}You
acted
cruel
in
a
cruel
way
toward
your
relatives
who
are
descendants
of
Jacob,
{\ADD{
the twin
brother
of
your ancestor
Esau}}.
\par }{\QB So
now
you
will
be
disgraced
forever;
you
will
be
completely
destroyed.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Foreigners
entered
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
\par }{\QB and ◄cast
lots/threw
small
stones
that
were
marked►
to
decide
what
valuable
things
they
would
take
away;
\par }{\Q but
you
were
as
bad
as
those
foreigners,
\par }{\QB because
you
just
stood
there
{\ADD{
and
did
not
help
the Israelis}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}You
should
not
have ◄gloated/been
happy►
about
the
disaster
that
the Israelis
were
experiencing.
\par }{\QB You
should
not
have
been
happy
when
their
towns
were
ruined.
\par }{\Q You
should
not
have
made fun
{\ADD{
of
them
}}
when
they
were
suffering.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}They
are
my
people,
\par }{\QB so
you
should
not
have
entered
their
{\ADD{
city}}
gates
when
they
were
experiencing
those
disasters
\par }{\Q and
you
should
not
have
laughed
at
them.
\par }{\QB And
you
should
not
have
taken
away
their
{\ADD{
valuable}}
possessions.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}You
should
not
have
stood
at crossroads
\par }{\QB to
catch
those
who
were
{\ADD{
trying
to}}
escape.
\par }{\Q You
should
not
have
{\ADD{
captured
them
and}}
put
them
into
the
hands
of
{\ADD{
their
enemies}}
\par }{\QB when
they
were
experiencing
those
disasters.”
\par }{\SH God
will
punish
all
the
nearby
nations
\par }{\Q \VS{15}“There
will
soon
be
the
time
when
I,
Yahweh,
will
judge
{\ADD{
and
punish}}
all
the
nations.
\par }{\QB And
you
{\ADD{
people
of
Edom}}
will
experience
the
same
{\ADD{
disasters}}
that
you
caused
{\ADD{
others
to
experience}}.
\par }{\Q The
same
evil
things
that
you
have
done
to
others
will
happen
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}{\ADD{
My
people
in
Jerusalem
have
been
punished}}
\par }{\QB because
I
was
very
angry
with
them.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
It
is
as
though}} [MET]
they
drank
{\ADD{
a
cup
of
very
bitter
liquid
}}
on
Zion,
my
sacred
hill.
\par }{\Q But
{\ADD{
I}}
will
punish [MET]
all
the
other
nations
even
more
severely,
\par }{\QB and
cause
them
to
disappear
completely.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}But
some
{\ADD{
people
in
Jerusalem
will
escape}},
\par }{\QB and
Jerusalem
will
become
a
very
holy/sacred
place.
\par }{\Q Then
the
descendants
of
Jacob
will
{\ADD{
conquer
and}}
possess
again
the
land
that
truly
belongs
to
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}The
descendants [MTY]
of
Jacob
and
his
son
Joseph
will
be
like [MET]
a
fire,
\par }{\QB and
the
people [MTY]
of
Edom
will
be
like [MET]
stubble
that
will
be
completely
burned
in
that
fire.
\par }{\QB Not
one
person
will
remain
alive.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}The Israeli
people
{\ADD{
who
live}}
in
the
southern
desert
are
the
ones
who
will
capture
Edom.
\par }{\QB And
those
{\ADD{
who
live
in}}
the
western
foothills
will
capture
the Phoenicia
{\ADD{
region}}
and
the
areas
of
Ephraim
and
Samaria.
\par }{\Q And
people
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
will
conquer
the
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Those
who
were ◄exiled
in/forced
to
go
to►
{\ADD{
Babylon}}
will
{\ADD{
return
to
their
land}}
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
and}}
capture
the Phoenicia
{\ADD{
region}}
as
far
north
as
Zarephath
{\ADD{
on
the
coast
of
the Mediterranean
Sea}}.
\par }{\Q People
of
Jerusalem
who
were
captured
and
taken
to Sardis,
{\ADD{
the
capital
city
of
the
Lydia
region}},
will
capture
the
towns
in
the
southern
desert.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}The
army
of
Jerusalem
will
attack
Edom
and
conquer
it,
\par }{\QB and
Yahweh
will
be
their
king.
\par }