1:1 | The vision* that Obadiah* saw.* The Lord God* says this concerning* Edom:*We have heard a report from the Lord. An envoy was sent among the nations, saying,* “Arise! Let us make war against Edom!”* |
1:2 | The Lord says,* “Look! I will* make you a weak nation;* you will be greatly despised! |
1:3 | Your presumptuous heart* has deceived you – you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs,* whose home is high in the mountains.* You think to yourself,* ‘No one can* bring me down to the ground!’* |
1:4 | Even if you were to soar high like an eagle,* even if you* were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the Lord. |
1:5 | “If thieves came to rob you* during the night,* they would steal only as much as they wanted!* If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards,* they would leave some behind for the poor!* But you will be totally destroyed!* |
1:6 | How the people of Esau* will be thoroughly plundered!* Their* hidden valuables will be ransacked!* |
1:7 | All your allies* will force* you from your homeland!* Your treaty partners* will deceive you and overpower you. Your trusted friends* will set an ambush* for* you that will take you by surprise!* |
1:8 | At that time,”* the Lord says, “I will destroy the wise sages of Edom!* the advisers* from Esau’s mountain!* |
1:9 | Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman,* so that* everyone* will be destroyed* from Esau’s mountain! |
1:10 | “Because* you violently slaughtered* your relatives,* the people of Jacob,* shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed* forever. |
1:11 | You stood aloof* while strangers took his army* captive, and foreigners advanced to his gates.* When they cast lots* over Jerusalem,* you behaved as though you were in league* with them. |
1:12 | You should not* have gloated* when your relatives* suffered calamity.* You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed.* You should not have boasted* when they suffered adversity.* |
1:13 | You should not have entered the city* of my people when they experienced distress.* You should not have joined* in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress.* You should not have looted* their wealth when they endured distress.* |
1:14 | You should not have stood at the fork in the road* to slaughter* those trying to escape.* You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.* |
1:15 | “For the day of the Lord* is approaching* for all the nations!* Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.* |
1:16 | For just as you* have drunk* on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually.* They will drink, and they will gulp down; they will be as though they had never been. |
1:17 | But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape,* and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants* of Jacob will conquer* those who had conquered them.* |
1:18 | The descendants of Jacob will be a fire, and the descendants of Joseph a flame. The descendants of Esau will be like stubble. They will burn them up and devour them. There will not be a single survivor* of the descendants of Esau!” Indeed, the Lord has spoken it. |
1:19 | The people of the Negev* will take possession* of Esau’s mountain, and the people of the Shephelah* will take possession* of the land of* the Philistines. They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, and the people of Benjamin will take possession* of Gilead.* |
1:20 | The exiles of this fortress* of the people of Israel will take possession* of what belongs to the people of Canaan, as far as Zarephath,* and the exiles of Jerusalem* who are in Sepharad* will take possession of the towns of the Negev. |
1:21 | Those who have been delivered* will go up on Mount Zion in order to rule over* Esau’s mountain. Then the Lord will reign as King!* |