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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 .

Young’s Literal Translation

Obadiah 1 (YLT)

[1] Thus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, ‘Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.’
[2] Lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised art thou exceedingly.
[3] The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place is his habitation, He is saying in his heart, ‘Who doth bring me down to earth?’)
[4] If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.
[5] If thieves have come in to thee, If spoilers of the night, How hast thou been cut off! Do they not steal their sufficiency? If gatherers have come in to thee, Do they not leave gleanings?
[6] How hath Esau been searched out! Flowed out have his hidden things,
[7] Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!
[8] Is it not in that day-an affirmation of Jehovah, That I have destroyed the wise out of Edom, And understanding out of the mount of Esau?
[9] And broken down have been thy mighty ones, O Teman, So that every one of the mount of Esau is cut off.
[10] For slaughter, for violence to thy brother Jacob, Cover thee doth shame, And thou hast been cut off-to the age.
[11] In the day of thy standing over-against, In the day of strangers taking captive his force, And foreigners have entered his gates, And for Jerusalem have cast a lot, Even thou art as one of them!
[12] And-thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress.
[13] Nor come into a gate of My people in a day of their calamity, Nor look, even thou, on its misfortune in a day of its calamity, Nor send forth against its force in a day of its calamity,
[14] Nor stand by the breach to cut off its escaped, Nor deliver up its remnant in a day of distress.
[15] For near is the day of Jehovah, on all the nations, As thou hast done, it is done to thee, Thy deed doth turn back on thine own head.
[16] For-as ye have drunk on My holy mount, Drink do all the nations continually, And they have drunk and have swallowed, And they have been as they have not been.
[17] And in mount Zion there is an escape, And it hath been holy, And the house of Jacob have possessed their possessions.
[18] And the house of Jacob hath been a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame, And the house of Esau for stubble, And they have burned among them, And they have consumed them, And there is not a remnant to the house of Esau, For Jehovah hath spoken.
[19] And they have possessed the south with the mount of Esau, And the low country with the Philistines, And they have possessed the field of Ephraim, And the field of Samaria, And Benjamin with Gilead.
[20] And the removed of this force of the sons of Israel, That is with the Canaanites unto Zarephat, And the removed of Jerusalem that is with the Sepharad, Possess the cities of the south.
[21] And gone up have saviours on mount Zion, To judge the mount of Esau, And the kingdom hath been to Jehovah!’