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Obadiah 1

Edom Will Be Humbled

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The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord  1GOD concerning  aEdom--  bWe have heard a report from the LORD, And an  cenvoy has been sent among the nations saying,dArise and let us go against her for battle"--

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"Behold, I will make you  asmall among the nations; You are greatly despised.

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"The  aarrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of  1the  brock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, ` cWho will bring me down to earth?'

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"Though you  abuild high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the  bstars, From there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.

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"If  athieves came to you, If  1robbers by night-- O how you will be ruined!-- Would they not steal only  2until they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you,  bWould they not leave some gleanings?

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"O how Esau will be  aransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!

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"All the  amen  1allied with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your  bbread Will set an ambush for you. (There is  cno understanding  2in him.)

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"Will I not on that day," declares the LORD, " aDestroy wise men from Edom And understanding from the mountain of Esau?

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"Then your  amighty men will be dismayed, O  bTeman, So that everyone may be  ccut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

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"Because of  aviolence to your brother Jacob,  1You will be covered with shame,  bAnd you will be cut off forever.

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"On the day that you  astood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And  bcast lots for Jerusalem--  cYou too were as one of them.

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aDo not  1gloat over your brother's day, The day of his misfortune. And  bdo not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes,  cdo not  2boast In the day of their distress.

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"Do not enter the gate of My people In the  aday of their disaster. Yes, you, do not  1gloat over their calamity In the day of their disaster. And do not  bloot their wealth In the day of their disaster.

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"Do not  astand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress.

The Day of the LORD and the Future

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"For the  aday of the LORD draws near on all the nations.  bAs you have done, it will be done to you. Your  cdealings will return on your own head.

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"Because just as you  adrank on  bMy holy mountain, All the nations  cwill drink continually. They will drink and  1swallow And become as if they had never existed.

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"But on Mount  aZion there will be those who escape, And it will be holy. And the house of Jacob will  bpossess their possessions.

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"Then the house of Jacob will be a  afire And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau will be as stubble. And they will set  1them on fire and consume  1them, So that there will be  bno survivor of the house of Esau," For the LORD has spoken.

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Then those of the  1Negev will  apossess the mountain of Esau, And those of the  2Shephelah the  bPhilistine plain; Also,  cpossess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, And Benjamin will possess Gilead.

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And the exiles of this host 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.

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The  adeliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the  bkingdom will be the LORD'S.



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