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Obadiah 1

1

The visionh2377 of Obadiahh5662. Thus saithh559h8804 the Lordh136 GODh3069 concerning Edomh123; We have heardh8085h8804 a rumourh8052 from the LORDh3068, and an ambassadorh6735 is senth7971h8795 among the heathenh1471, Ariseh6965h8798 ye, and let us rise uph6965h8799 against her in battleh4421.

2

Behold, I have madeh5414h8804 thee smallh6996 among the heathenh1471: thou art greatlyh3966 despisedh959h8803.

3

The prideh2087 of thine hearth3820 hath deceivedh5377h8689 thee, thou that dwellesth7931h8802 in the cleftsh2288 of the rockh5553, whose habitationh3427h8800 is highh4791; that saithh559h8802 in his hearth3820, Who shall bring me downh3381h8686 to the groundh776?

4

Though thou exalth1361h8686 thyself as the eagleh5404, and though thou seth7760h8800 thy nesth7064 among the starsh3556, thence will I bring thee downh3381h8686, saithh5002h8803 the LORDh3068.

5

If thievesh1590 cameh935h8804 to thee, if robbersh7703h8802 by nighth3915, (how art thou cut offh1820h8738!) would they not have stolenh1589h8799 till they had enoughh1767? if the grapegatherersh1219h8802 cameh935h8804 to thee, would they not leaveh7604h8686 some grapesh5955? some...: or, gleanings?

6

How are the things of Esauh6215 searched outh2664h8738! how are his hiddenh4710 things sought uph1158h8738!

7

All the menh582 of thy confederacyh1285 have broughth7971h8765 thee even to the borderh1366: the menh582 that were at peaceh7965 with thee have deceivedh5377h8689 thee, and prevailedh3201h8804 against thee; they that eat thy breadh3899 have laidh7760h8799 a woundh4204 under thee: there is none understandingh8394 in him. that were...: Heb. of thy peace
they...: Heb. the men of thy bread
in him: or, of it

8

Shall I not in that dayh3117, saithh5002h8803 the LORDh3068, even destroyh6h8689 the wiseh2450 men out of Edomh123, and understandingh8394 out of the mounth2022 of Esauh6215?

9

And thy mightyh1368 men , O Temanh8487, shall be dismayedh2865h8804, to the end that every oneh376 of the mounth2022 of Esauh6215 may be cut offh3772h8735 by slaughterh6993.

10

For thy violenceh2555 against thy brotherh251 Jacobh3290 shameh955 shall coverh3680h8762 thee, and thou shalt be cut offh3772h8738 for everh5769.

11

In the dayh3117 that thou stoodesth5975h8800 on the other side, in the dayh3117 that the strangersh2114h8801 carried away captiveh7617h8800 his forcesh2428, and foreignersh5237 enteredh935h8804 into his gatesh8179, and casth3032h8804 lotsh1486 upon Jerusalemh3389, even thou wast as oneh259 of them. captive...: or, his substance

12

But thou shouldest not have lookedh7200h8799 on the dayh3117 of thy brotherh251 in the dayh3117 that he became a strangerh5235; neither shouldest thou have rejoicedh8055h8799 over the childrenh1121 of Judahh3063 in the dayh3117 of their destructionh6h8800; neither shouldest thou have spokenh6310 proudlyh1431h8686 in the dayh3117 of distressh6869. spoken...: Heb. magnified thy mouth

13

Thou shouldest not have enteredh935h8799 into the gateh8179 of my peopleh5971 in the dayh3117 of their calamityh343; yea, thou shouldest not have lookedh7200h8799 on their afflictionh7451 in the dayh3117 of their calamityh343, nor have laidh7971h8799 hands on their substanceh2428 in the dayh3117 of their calamityh343; substance: or, forces

14

Neither shouldest thou have stoodh5975h8799 in the crosswayh6563, to cut offh3772h8687 those of his that did escapeh6412; neither shouldest thou have delivered uph5462h8686 those of his that did remainh8300 in the dayh3117 of distressh6869. delivered up: or, shut up

15

For the dayh3117 of the LORDh3068 is nearh7138 upon all the heathenh1471: as thou hast doneh6213h8804, it shall be doneh6213h8735 unto thee: thy rewardh1576 shall returnh7725h8799 upon thine own headh7218.

16

For as ye have drunkh8354h8804 upon my holyh6944 mountainh2022, so shall all the heathenh1471 drinkh8354h8799 continuallyh8548, yea, they shall drinkh8354h8804, and they shall swallow downh3886h8804, and they shall be as though they had noth3808 been. swallow...: or, sup up

17

But upon mounth2022 Zionh6726 shall be deliveranceh6413, and there shall be holinessh6944; and the househ1004 of Jacobh3290 shall possessh3423h8804 their possessionsh4180. deliverance: or, they that escape
there...: or, it shall be holy

18

And the househ1004 of Jacobh3290 shall be a fireh784, and the househ1004 of Josephh3130 a flameh3852, and the househ1004 of Esauh6215 for stubbleh7179, and they shall kindleh1814h8804 in them, and devourh398h8804 them; and there shall not be any remainingh8300 of the househ1004 of Esauh6215; for the LORDh3068 hath spokenh1696h8765 it .

19

And they of the southh5045 shall possessh3423h8804 the mounth2022 of Esauh6215; and they of the plainh8219 the Philistinesh6430: and they shall possessh3423h8804 the fieldsh7704 of Ephraimh669, and the fieldsh7704 of Samariah8111: and Benjaminh1144 shall possess Gileadh1568.

20

And the captivityh1546 of this hosth2426 of the childrenh1121 of Israelh3478 shall possess that of the Canaanitesh3669, even unto Zarephathh6886; and the captivityh1546 of Jerusalemh3389, which is in Sepharadh5614, shall possessh3423h8799 the citiesh5892 of the southh5045. which...: or, shall possess that which is in

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And savioursh3467h8688 shall come uph5927h8804 on mounth2022 Zionh6726 to judgeh8199h8800 the mounth2022 of Esauh6215; and the kingdomh4410 shall be the LORD'Sh3068.



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