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| 1Obadiah's vision: This is what the Lord GOD has to say about Edom. We have heard a report from the LORD, and a messenger has been dispatched among the nations to say "Get up! Let us rise up against her to fight!" | 1The vision that Obadiah saw. The Lord GOD says this concerning Edom: Edom's Approaching Destruction We have heard a report from the LORD. An envoy was sent among the nations, saying, "Arise! Let us make war against Edom!" |
| 2"Look! I will make you insignificant among the nations; you will be utterly despised. | 2The LORD says, "Look! I will make you a weak nation; you will be greatly despised! |
| 3The arrogance in your heart has deceived you, who inhabit hidden places on rocky cliffs, whose dwelling is in the heights, who say continuously to yourself, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?' | 3Your 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!' |
| 4Though you soar high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down even from there," declares the LORD. | 4Even 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. |
| 5"If thieves came against you, if marauding gangs by night —Oh, how you will be destroyed!— Would they not steal only until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave some grapes to be gleaned? | 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! |
| 6"Oh, how Esau is ransacked, how his hidden treasures are thoroughly searched out! | 6How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked! |
| 7All your allies will force you out of the land, your associates will deceive you and prevail against you. Your friends will lay out a trap for you, and you will never understand it! | 7All 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! |
| 8"In that day," declares the LORD, "will I not destroy the wise from Edom, and those with understanding from Esau's Mountain? | 8At that time," the LORD says, "I will destroy the wise sages of Edom! the advisers from Esau's mountain! |
| 9Teman, our mighty soldiers will be dismayed, so that every man from Esau's Mountain will be slaughtered." | 9Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone will be destroyed from Esau's mountain! |
| 10"Shame will overwhelm you because of the violence you inflicted on your brother Jacob, and you will be excluded forever. | 10"Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever. |
| 11"On the day you just stood by, when strangers carried away Jacob's wealth and foreigners entered his gates, casting lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. | 11You 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. |
| 12"You should not have gloated over your brother, on the day of his calamity. You should not have rejoiced when the descendants of Judah were perishing. You should not have boasted when they were in distress. | 12You 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. |
| 13"You should not have entered the gate of my people on the day of their disaster. Also, you should not have gloated over Judah's misfortune on the day of his disaster, nor should you have plundered his wealth on the day of his disaster. | 13You 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. |
| 14And you should not have taken your stand at the crossroads to cut down his fleeing refugees, nor should you have handed over his survivors on the day of his distress." | 14You 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. |
| 15"Indeed, the Day of the LORD approaches all nations. As you have done it will be done to you— your deeds will return to haunt you! | 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. |
| 16Just as you have drunk from the cup of my wrath upon my holy mountain, so will all nations drink from the cup of my wrath perpetually. They will drink, they will gulp it down, and they will be as if they had never existed! | 16For 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. |
| 17"But there will be a delivered remnant on Mount Zion. There will be holiness, and the house of Jacob will take back their possessions. | 17But 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. |
| 18"The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, but the house of Esau will be kindling. Then Jacob and Joseph will burn and consume Esau, and no survivor will remain from the house of Esau." Indeed, the LORD has spoken it. | 18The 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. |
| 19"Those in the Negev will possess Esau's Mountain, and those in the Shephelah the Philistines. They will possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria, while Benjamin will possess the territory of Gilead. | 19The 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. |
| 20The exiles, the Israeli host, will possess the territory of the Canaanites all the way to Zarephath. The exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev. | 20The 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. |
| 21Deliverers will assemble on Mount Zion to judge Esau's Mountain, and to the LORD will the kingdom belong!" | 21Those 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! |
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