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Edom Will Be Humbled

¹ The vision of Obadiah.

This is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says concerning ^(C1)Edom—
^(C2)We have heard a report from the LORD,
And a ^(C3)messenger has been sent among the nations saying,
"^(C4)Arise, and let's go up 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,
The one who lives in the clefts of ^(F1)the ^(C2)rock,
On the height of his dwelling place,
Who says in his heart,
'^(C3)Who will bring me down to earth?'

⁴ "Though you ^(C1)make your home high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the ^(C2)stars,
From there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.

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

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

⁷ "All the ^(C1)people ^(F1)allied with you
Will send you to the border,
And the people 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 understanding ^(F2)in him.)

⁸ "Will I not on that day," declares the LORD,
"^(C1)Eliminate wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?

⁹ "Then your ^(C1)warriors will be filled with terror, ^(C2)Teman,
So that everyone will be ^(C3)eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.

¹⁰ "Because of ^(C1)violence to your brother Jacob,
Shame will cover you,
^(C2)And you will be eliminated forever.

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

¹² "^(C1)Do not ^(F1)gloat over your brother's day,
The day of his misfortune.
And ^(C2)do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
On the day of their destruction;
Yes, ^(C3)do not ^(F2)boast
On the day of their distress.

¹³ "Do not enter the gate of My people
On the ^(C1)day of their disaster.
You indeed, do not ^(F1)gloat over their catastrophe
On the day of their disaster.
And do not ^(C2)lay a hand on their wealth
On the day of their disaster.

¹⁴ "Do not ^(C1)stand at the crossroads
To eliminate their survivors;
And do not hand over their refugees
On the day of their distress.

The Day of the LORD and the Future

¹⁵ "For the ^(C1)day of the LORD is near for all the nations.
^(C2)Just as you have done, it will be done to you.
Your ^(C3)dealings will return on your own head.

¹⁶ "For just as you ^(C1)drank on ^(C2)My holy mountain,
All the nations ^(C3)will drink continually.
They will drink ^(F1)to the last drop,
And become as if they had never existed.

¹⁷ "But on Mount ^(C1)Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will ^(F1)(C2)possess their ^(F2)property.

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 like 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 the LORD has spoken.

¹⁹ Then those of the ^(F1)Negev will ^(F2)(C1)possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the ^(F3)Shephelah the ^(C2)Philistine plain;
Also, ^(C3)they will ^(F2)possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin the territory of Gilead.

²⁰ And the exiles of this army 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 ^(F1)possess the ^(C2)cities of the Negev.

^21 (F1)The ^(C1)deliverers will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the ^(C2)kingdom will be the LORD'S.