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Edom Will Be Brought Down

¹ The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says Lord ^(F1)Yahweh concerning ^(C1)Edom—
^(C2)We have heard a report from Yahweh,
And an ^(C3)envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
"^(C4)Arise! And let us arise against her for battle"—

² "Behold, I will make you ^(C1)small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.

³ "The ^(C1)arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of ^(F1)the ^(C2)cliff,
In the height of your habitation,
Who says in his heart,
'^(C3)Who will bring me down to earth?'

⁴ "Though you ^(C1)build loftily like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the ^(C2)stars,
From there I will bring you down," declares Yahweh.

⁵ "If ^(C1)thieves came to you,
If ^(F1)robbers by night—
Oh how you will be ruined!—
Would they not thieve only ^(F2)until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
^(C2)Would they not allow some gleanings to remain?

⁶ "Oh how Esau will be ^(C1)searched out
And his hidden treasures ransacked!

⁷ "All the ^(C1)men who have ^(F1)a covenant 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 ^(C2)bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is ^(C3)no discernment ^(F2)in him.)

⁸ "Will I not on that day," declares Yahweh,
"^(C1)Cause the wise men to perish from Edom
And discernment from the mountain of Esau?

⁹ "Then your ^(C1)mighty men will be dismayed, O ^(C2)Teman,
So that each one may be ^(C3)cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

¹⁰ "Because of ^(C1)violence to your brother Jacob,
^(F1)You will be covered with shame,
^(C2)And you will be cut off forever.

¹¹ "On the day that you ^(C1)stood aloof,
On the day that strangers took his wealth captive
And foreigners entered his gate
And ^(C2)cast lots for Jerusalem—
^(C3)You too were as one of them.

¹² "^(C1)Now do not look on your brother's day with triumph,
The day of his misfortune.
And ^(C2)do not be glad over the sons of Judah
In the day when they perish;
And ^(C3)do not ^(F1)let your mouth speak great things
In the day of their distress.

¹³ "Do not enter the gate of My people
In the ^(C1)day of their disaster.
Indeed, you, do not look on their calamity with triumph
In the day of their disaster.
And do not ^(C2)send out for their wealth
In the day of their disaster.

¹⁴ "Do not ^(C1)stand at the fork of the road
To cut down those among them who escape;
And do not deliver over their survivors
In the day of their distress.

The Day of Yahweh Is Near

¹⁵ "For the ^(C1)day of Yahweh draws near on all the nations.
^(C2)As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your ^(C3)dealings will return on your own head.

¹⁶ "Because just as you all ^(C1)drank on ^(C2)My holy mountain,
All the nations ^(C3)will drink continually.
They will drink and ^(F1)swallow,
And they will be as if they never were.

¹⁷ "But on Mount ^(C1)Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will ^(C2)possess their possessions.

¹⁸ "Then the house of Jacob will be a ^(C1)fire
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set ^(F1)them on fire and consume ^(F1)them
So that there will be ^(C2)no survivor of the house of Esau,"
For Yahweh has spoken.

The Kingdom of Yahweh

¹⁹ Then those of the ^(F1)Negev will ^(C1)possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the ^(F2)Shephelah, the ^(C2)Philistine plain;
And they will ^(C3)possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.

²⁰ And the exiles of this ^(F1)military force of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as ^(C1)Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad,
Will possess the ^(C2)cities of the Negev.

²¹ And the ^(C1)saviors will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the ^(C2)kingdom will belong to Yahweh.