The vision of Obadiah
. Thus saith
the Lord
GOD
concerning Edom
; We have heard
a rumour
from the LORD
, and an ambassador
is sent
among the heathen
, Arise
ye, and let us rise up
against her in battle
.
Behold, I have made thee small
among the heathen
: thou art greatly
despised
.
The pride of thine heart
hath deceived
thee, thou that dwellest
in the clefts
of the rock
, whose habitation
is high
; that saith
in his heart
, Who shall bring me down
to the ground
?
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle
, and though thou set
thy nest
among the stars
, thence will I bring thee down
, saith
the LORD
.
If thieves came
to thee, if robbers
by night
, (how art thou cut off
!) would they not have stolen
till they had enough
? if the grapegatherers
came
to thee, would they not leave
some grapes
?
How are the things of Esau searched out
! how are his hidden
things sought up
!
All the men of thy confederacy
have brought
thee even to the border
: the men
that were at peace
with thee have deceived
thee, and prevailed
against thee; they that eat thy bread
have laid
a wound
under thee: there is none understanding
in him.
Shall I not in that day, saith
the LORD
, even destroy
the wise
men out of Edom
, and understanding
out of the mount
of Esau
?
And thy mighty men , O Teman
, shall be dismayed
, to the end that every one
of the mount
of Esau
may be cut off
by slaughter
.
For thy violence against thy brother
Jacob
shame
shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off
for ever
.
In the day that thou stoodest
on the other side, in the day
that the strangers
carried away captive
his forces
, and foreigners
entered
into his gates
, and cast
lots
upon Jerusalem
, even thou wast as one
of them.
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day
of thy brother
in the day
that he became a stranger
; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced
over the children
of Judah
in the day
of their destruction
; neither shouldest thou have spoken
proudly
in the day
of distress
.
Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate
of my people
in the day
of their calamity
; yea, thou shouldest not have looked
on their affliction
in the day
of their calamity
, nor have laid
hands on their substance
in the day
of their calamity
;
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway
, to cut off
those of his that did escape
; neither shouldest thou have delivered up
those of his that did remain
in the day
of distress
.
For the day of the LORD
is near
upon all the heathen
: as thou hast done
, it shall be done
unto thee: thy reward
shall return
upon thine own head
.
For as ye have drunk upon my holy
mountain
, so shall all the heathen
drink
continually
, yea, they shall drink
, and they shall swallow down
, and they shall be as though they had not
been.
But upon mount Zion
shall be deliverance
, and there shall be holiness
; and the house
of Jacob
shall possess
their possessions
.
And the house of Jacob
shall be a fire
, and the house
of Joseph
a flame
, and the house
of Esau
for stubble
, and they shall kindle
in them, and devour
them; and there shall not be any remaining
of the house
of Esau
; for the LORD
hath spoken
it .
And they of the south shall possess
the mount
of Esau
; and they of the plain
the Philistines
: and they shall possess
the fields
of Ephraim
, and the fields
of Samaria
: and Benjamin
shall possess Gilead
.
And the captivity of this host
of the children
of Israel
shall possess that of the Canaanites
, even unto Zarephath
; and the captivity
of Jerusalem
, which is in Sepharad
, shall possess
the cities
of the south
.
And saviours shall come up
on mount
Zion
to judge
the mount
of Esau
; and the kingdom
shall be the LORD'S
.