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Obadiah 1 (WEBP)

[1] The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Arise, and let’s rise up against her in battle.
[2] Behold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised.
[3] The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
[4] Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.
[5] “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, what disaster awaits you—wouldn’t they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn’t they leave some gleaning grapes?
[6] How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
[7] All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”
[8] “Won’t I in that day”, says Yahweh, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
[9] Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
[10] For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.
[11] In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance and foreigners entered into his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them.
[12] But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress.
[13] Don’t enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don’t look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.
[14] Don’t stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don’t deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.
[15] For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.
[16] For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been.
[17] But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
[18] The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau.” Indeed, Yahweh has spoken.
[19] Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead.
[20] The captives of this army of the children of Israel, who are among the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.
[21] Saviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh’s.

Obadiah 1:1a The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Obadiah 1:1b “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Obadiah 1:2 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Obadiah 1 (KJVS)

[1] 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.
[2] Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
[3] 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?
[4] 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.
[5] 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?
[6] How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
[7] 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.
[8] 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?
[9] 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.
[10] For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
[11] 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.
[12] 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.
[13] 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;
[14] 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.
[15] 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.
[16] 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.
[17] But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
[18] 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.
[19] 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.
[20] 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.
[21] And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

Obadiah 1:5 Or, gleanings
Obadiah 1:7a Heb. the men of thy peace
Obadiah 1:7b Heb. the men of thy bread
Obadiah 1:7c Or, of it
Obadiah 1:12a Or, do not behold, etc.
Obadiah 1:12b Heb. magnified thy mouth
Obadiah 1:13 Or, forces
Obadiah 1:14 Or, shut up
Obadiah 1:16 Or, sup up
Obadiah 1:17a Or, they that escape
Obadiah 1:17b Or, it shall be holy
Obadiah 1:20 Or, shall possess that which is in Sepharad

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Obadiah 1 (BYZ)

[1] Ὅρασις () Αβδιου. Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τῇ () Ιδουμαίᾳ () Ἀκοὴν () ἤκουσα () παρὰ () κυρίου, () καὶ () περιοχὴν () εἰς () τὰ () ἔθνη () ἐξαπέστειλεν () Ἀνάστητε () καὶ () ἐξαναστῶμεν () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () εἰς () πόλεμον. ()
[2] Ἰδοὺ () ὀλιγοστὸν δέδωκά () σε () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν, () ἠτιμωμένος () σὺ () εἶ () σφόδρα. ()
[3] Ὑπερηφανία () τῆς () καρδίας () σου () ἐπῆρέν () σε () κατασκηνοῦντα () ἐν () ταῖς () ὀπαῖς () τῶν () πετρῶν, () ὑψῶν () κατοικίαν () αὐτοῦ () λέγων () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () αὐτοῦ () Τίς () με () κατάξει () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν; ()
[4] Ἐὰν () μετεωρισθῇς () ὡς () ἀετὸς () καὶ () ἐὰν () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () ἄστρων () θῇς () νοσσιάν () σου, () ἐκεῖθεν () κατάξω () σε, () λέγει () κύριος. ()
[5] Εἰ () κλέπται () εἰσῆλθον () πρὸς () σὲ () ἢ () λῃσταὶ () νυκτός, () ποῦ () ἂν () ἀπερρίφης; () Οὐκ () ἂν () ἔκλεψαν () τὰ () ἱκανὰ () ἑαυτοῖς; () Καὶ () εἰ () τρυγηταὶ εἰσῆλθον () πρὸς () σέ, () οὐκ () ἂν () ὑπελίποντο () ἐπιφυλλίδα;
[6] Πῶς () ἐξηρευνήθη () Ησαυ () καὶ () κατελήμφθη () αὐτοῦ () τὰ () κεκρυμμένα. ()
[7] Ἕως () τῶν () ὁρίων () σου () ἐξαπέστειλάν () σε () πάντες () οἱ () ἄνδρες () τῆς () διαθήκης () σου, () ἀντέστησάν () σοι () ἠδυνάσθησαν () πρὸς () σὲ () ἄνδρες () εἰρηνικοί () σου, () ἔθηκαν () ἔνεδρα () ὑποκάτω () σου, () οὐκ () ἔστιν () σύνεσις () αὐτοῖς. ()
[8] Ἐν () ἐκείνῃ () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ, () λέγει () κύριος, () ἀπολῶ () σοφοὺς () ἐκ () τῆς () Ιδουμαίας () καὶ () σύνεσιν () ἐξ () ὄρους () Ησαυ· ()
[9] καὶ () πτοηθήσονται () οἱ () μαχηταί σου () οἱ () ἐκ () Θαιμαν, ὅπως () ἐξαρθῇ () ἄνθρωπος () ἐξ () ὄρους () Ησαυ ()
[10] διὰ () τὴν () σφαγὴν () καὶ () τὴν () ἀσέβειαν () τὴν () εἰς () τὸν () ἀδελφόν () σου () Ιακωβ, () καὶ () καλύψει () σε () αἰσχύνη () καὶ () ἐξαρθήσῃ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[11] Ἀφ’ () ἧς () ἡμέρας () ἀντέστης () ἐξ () ἐναντίας () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () αἰχμαλωτευόντων () ἀλλογενῶν () δύναμιν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀλλότριοι () εἰσῆλθον () εἰς () πύλας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () ἔβαλον () κλήρους, () καὶ () σὺ () ἦς () ὡς () εἷς () ἐξ () αὐτῶν. ()
[12] Καὶ () μὴ () ἐπίδῃς () ἡμέραν () ἀδελφοῦ () σου () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () ἀλλοτρίων () καὶ () μὴ () ἐπιχαρῇς ἐπὶ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () Ιουδα ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () ἀπωλείας () αὐτῶν () καὶ () μὴ () μεγαλορρημονήσῃς ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () θλίψεως· ()
[13] μηδὲ () εἰσέλθῃς () εἰς () πύλας () λαῶν () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () πόνων () αὐτῶν () μηδὲ () ἐπίδῃς () καὶ () σὺ () τὴν () συναγωγὴν () αὐτῶν () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () ὀλέθρου () αὐτῶν () μηδὲ () συνεπιθῇ ἐπὶ () τὴν () δύναμιν () αὐτῶν () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () ἀπωλείας () αὐτῶν· ()
[14] μηδὲ () ἐπιστῇς () ἐπὶ () τὰς () διεκβολὰς αὐτῶν () τοῦ () ἐξολεθρεῦσαι () τοὺς () ἀνασῳζομένους αὐτῶν () μηδὲ () συγκλείσῃς () τοὺς () φεύγοντας () ἐξ () αὐτῶν () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () θλίψεως. ()
[15] Διότι () ἐγγὺς () ἡμέρα () κυρίου () ἐπὶ () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη· () ὃν () τρόπον () ἐποίησας, () οὕτως () ἔσται () σοι· () τὸ () ἀνταπόδομά () σου () ἀνταποδοθήσεται () εἰς () κεφαλήν () σου· ()
[16] διότι () ὃν () τρόπον () ἔπιες () ἐπὶ () τὸ () ὄρος () τὸ () ἅγιόν μου, () πίονται () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη () οἶνον· () πίονται () καὶ () καταβήσονται () καὶ () ἔσονται () καθὼς () οὐχ () ὑπάρχοντες. ()
[17] Ἐν () δὲ () τῷ () ὄρει () Σιων () ἔσται () ἡ () σωτηρία, () καὶ () ἔσται () ἅγιον· () καὶ () κατακληρονομήσουσιν () ὁ () οἶκος () Ιακωβ () τοὺς () κατακληρονομήσαντας () αὐτούς. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἔσται () ὁ () οἶκος () Ιακωβ () πῦρ, () ὁ () δὲ () οἶκος () Ιωσηφ () φλόξ, () ὁ () δὲ () οἶκος () Ησαυ () εἰς () καλάμην, () καὶ () ἐκκαυθήσονται () εἰς () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () καταφάγονται () αὐτούς, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔσται () πυροφόρος ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () Ησαυ, () διότι () κύριος () ἐλάλησεν. ()
[19] Καὶ () κατακληρονομήσουσιν () οἱ () ἐν () Ναγεβ τὸ () ὄρος () τὸ () Ησαυ () καὶ () οἱ () ἐν () τῇ () Σεφηλα τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους () καὶ () κατακληρονομήσουσιν () τὸ () ὄρος () Εφραιμ () καὶ () τὸ () πεδίον Σαμαρείας () καὶ () Βενιαμιν () καὶ () τὴν () Γαλααδῖτιν.
[20] Καὶ () τῆς () μετοικεσίας () ἡ () ἀρχὴ () αὕτη· () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ () γῆ () τῶν () Χαναναίων () ἕως () Σαρεπτων () καὶ () ἡ () μετοικεσία () Ιερουσαλημ () ἕως () Εφραθα, καὶ () κληρονομήσουσιν () τὰς () πόλεις () τοῦ () Ναγεβ.
[21] Καὶ () ἀναβήσονται () ἄνδρες () σεσῳσμένοι () ἐξ () ὄρους () Σιων () τοῦ () ἐκδικῆσαι () τὸ () ὄρος () Ησαυ, () καὶ () ἔσται () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἡ () βασιλεία. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.