\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Obadiah}
{\MT Obadiah

\par }\OneChap {\SH Edom Will Be Punished
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This is the vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom:
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q We heard a report from the LORD.
\par }{\QB A messenger was sent to the nations.
\par }{\Q He said, “Let’s go fight against Edom.”
\par }{\SH The Lord Speaks to Edom
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Edom, I will make you the smallest nation.
\par }{\QB Everyone will hate you very much.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Your pride has fooled you.
\par }{\QB You live in those caves high on the cliff.
\par }{\QB Your home is high in the hills.
\par }{\Q So you say to yourself,
\par }{\QB ‘No one can bring me to the ground.’ ”
\par }{\SH Edom Will Be Brought Low
\par }{\Q \VS{4}This is what the LORD says:
\par }{\Q “Even though you fly high like the eagle
\par }{\QB and put your nest among the stars,
\par }{\QB I will bring you down from there.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}You really will be ruined!
\par }{\QB Thieves will come to you.
\par }{\Q Robbers will come in the night,
\par }{\QB and they will take all they want.
\par }{\Q When workers gather grapes in your vineyards,
\par }{\QB they will leave a few grapes behind.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}But the enemy will search hard for Esau’s hidden treasures,
\par }{\QB and they will find them all.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}All those who are your friends
\par }{\QB will force you out of the land.
\par }{\Q Those who were at peace with you will trick you,
\par }{\QB and they will defeat you.
\par }{\Q The soldiers who fought by your side
\par }{\QB are planning a trap for you.
\par }{\Q They say, ‘He doesn’t expect a thing!’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}The LORD says, “On that day
\par }{\QB I will destroy the wise people from Edom.
\par }{\QB I will destroy the intelligent people from the mountain of Esau.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:8 }
{\FK{mountain of Esau
}}{\FT{That is, Mount Seir.}}}
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Teman, your brave soldiers will be afraid.
\par }{\QB Everyone will be destroyed from the mountain of Esau.
\par }{\QB Many people will be killed.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}You will be covered with shame
\par }{\QB because you were very cruel to your brother Jacob.
\par }{\QB So you will be destroyed completely.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}You joined the enemies of Israel.
\par }{\QB Strangers carried Israel’s treasures away.
\par }{\Q Foreigners entered Israel’s city gate.
\par }{\QB They threw lots to decide what part of Jerusalem they would get.
\par }{\QB And you were right there with them, waiting to get your share.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}You should not have laughed\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:12 }
{\FK{laughed
}}{\FT{Literally, “looked.” Also in verse 13.}}}
\par }{\QB at your brother’s trouble.
\par }{\Q You should not have been happy
\par }{\QB when they destroyed Judah.
\par }{\Q You should not have bragged\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:12 }
{\FK{bragged
}}{\FT{Literally, “made your mouth big.”}}}
\par }{\QB at the time of their trouble.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}You should not have entered the city gate of my people
\par }{\QB and laughed at their problems.
\par }{\Q You should not have taken their treasures
\par }{\QB in the time of their trouble.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}You should not have stood where the roads cross
\par }{\QB and destroyed those who were trying to escape.
\par }{\QB You should not have captured those who escaped alive.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}The Day of the LORD is coming soon
\par }{\QB to all the nations.
\par }{\Q And the evil you did to others will happen to you.
\par }{\QB The same bad things will fall down on your own head.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}You spilled\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:16 }
{\FK{spilled
}}{\FT{Literally, “drank.”}}} blood on my holy mountain,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:16 }
{\FK{holy mountain
}}{\FT{One of the mountains Jerusalem was built on. Sometimes Zion is used to mean Jerusalem itself. Also in verses 17, 21.}}}
\par }{\QB so other nations will spill your blood.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:16 }
{\FK{spill your blood
}}{\FT{Literally, “drink and swallow.”}}}
\par }{\Q You will be finished.
\par }{\QB It will be as if you never existed.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}But there will be survivors on Mount Zion.
\par }{\QB They will be my special people.
\par }{\Q The nation of Jacob\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:17 }
{\FK{nation of Jacob
}}{\FT{Literally, “the house of Jacob.” This could mean the people of Israel or only its leaders.}}} will take back
\par }{\QB what belongs to it.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}The family of Jacob will be like a fire.
\par }{\QB The nation of Joseph will be like a flame.
\par }{\Q But the nation of Esau\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:18 }
{\FK{nation of Esau
}}{\FT{Literally, “the house of Esau.”}}} will be like ashes.
\par }{\QB The people of Judah will burn Edom,
\par }{\QB and they will destroy it.
\par }{\Q Then there will be no survivors in the nation of Esau.”
\par }{\QB This will happen because the LORD said it would.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}Then people from the Negev will live on the mountain of Esau.
\par }{\QB And people from the foothills will take the Philistine lands.
\par }{\Q They will live in the land of Ephraim and Samaria.
\par }{\QB Gilead will belong to Benjamin.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}People from Israel were forced to leave their homes,
\par }{\QB but they will take back the land of Canaan, all the way to Zarephath.
\par }{\Q People from Judah were forced to leave Jerusalem and live in Sepharad.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:20 }
{\FK{Sepharad
}}{\FT{This is probably Spain.}}}
\par }{\QB But they will take back the cities of the Negev.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}The winners\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:21 }
{\FK{winners
}}{\FT{Or “saviors.” Those who led their people to victory in war.}}} will go up on Mount Zion
\par }{\QB to rule the people who live on Esau’s mountain.
\par }{\QB And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.
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