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{\MT Obadiah



\par }\OneChap {\SH Edom’s Fall
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{\R (Jeremiah 49:14–16)

\par }{\MM \VerseOne{1}This is the vision of Obadiah.

\par }{\PP This is what the Almighty
{\ND{Lord}} says about Edom:

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{\Q We have heard a message from the
{\ND{Lord}}.

\par }{\Q A messenger was sent among the nations to say,

\par }{\Q “Get ready! Let’s go to war against Edom.”


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{\Q \VS{2}“Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations.

\par }{\Q Others will despise you.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Your arrogance has deceived you.

\par }{\Q You live on rocky cliffs.

\par }{\Q You make your home up high.

\par }{\Q You say to yourself,

\par }{\Q ‘No one can bring me down to earth.’


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Even though you fly high like an eagle

\par }{\Q and build your nest among the stars,

\par }{\Q I will bring you down from there,” declares the
{\ND{Lord}}.


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{\Q \VS{5}“If thieves or looters come to you during the night,

\par }{\Q won’t they steal only until they’ve had enough?

\par }{\Q You will be ruined!

\par }{\Q If people come to pick your grapes,

\par }{\Q won’t they leave a few grapes behind?


\par }{\Q \VS{6}But you, Esau,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:6 }{\FK{Esau
}}{\FT{was the son of Isaac and the ancestor of the people of Edom.}}} will lose everything.

\par }{\Q Even your hidden treasures will be looted.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}All your allies will force you to leave your land.

\par }{\Q The people who are at peace with you will deceive you.

\par }{\Q Those who eat food with you will set traps for you,

\par }{\Q and you won’t even know about it.


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{\Q \VS{8}“On that day I will destroy the wise people in Edom

\par }{\Q and take wisdom away from Esau’s mountain,” declares the
{\ND{Lord}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}“Teman, your warriors will be terrified.

\par }{\Q Everyone on Esau’s mountain will be slaughtered.


\par }{\SH Why Edom Will Be Destroyed
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{\Q \VS{10}“Because of the violence you did to Jacob, your relative,

\par }{\Q you will be covered with shame.

\par }{\Q You will be destroyed forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}While you stood there doing nothing,

\par }{\Q strangers carried off Jacob’s wealth.

\par }{\Q Foreigners entered his gates and threw dice for Jerusalem.

\par }{\Q You acted like one of them.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Don’t gloat over your relative’s misfortune

\par }{\Q or be happy when the people of Judah are destroyed.

\par }{\Q Don’t brag so much when they’re in distress.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Don’t march through the gates of my people when disaster strikes

\par }{\Q or gloat over their misery when disaster strikes.

\par }{\Q Don’t take their wealth when disaster strikes.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Don’t stand at the crossroads to kill their refugees.

\par }{\Q Don’t hand over their survivors when they’re in distress.


\par }{\SH The Day of the
{\ND{LORD}}
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{\Q \VS{15}“The day of the
{\ND{Lord}} is near for all nations.

\par }{\Q Edom, you will be treated as you have treated others.

\par }{\Q You will get back what you have given.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}As you, Israel, drank on my holy mountain,

\par }{\Q so all nations will drink in turn.

\par }{\Q They will drink and guzzle down everything in it.

\par }{\Q They will be like those who have never existed.


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{\Q \VS{17}“But refugees will live on Mount Zion.

\par }{\Q It will be holy.

\par }{\Q The descendants of Jacob will get back their possessions.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}The descendants of Jacob will be like a fire.

\par }{\Q The descendants of Joseph will be like a flame.

\par }{\Q But the descendants of Esau will be like straw.

\par }{\Q They will be burned and destroyed.

\par }{\Q There will be no one left among the descendants of Esau.”

\par }{\Q The
{\ND{Lord}} has spoken.


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{\Q \VS{19}“People from the Negev will take possession of Esau’s mountain.

\par }{\Q People from the foothills will take possession of Philistia.

\par }{\Q They will take possession of the lands of Ephraim and Samaria,

\par }{\Q and
{\ADD{⌞the descendants of⌟}} Benjamin will take possession of Gilead.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Exiles from Israel will take possession of Canaan.

\par }{\Q They will possess land as far as Zarephath.

\par }{\Q Exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad

\par }{\Q will take possession of the cities in the Negev.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Those who are victorious will come from Mount Zion

\par }{\Q to rule Esau’s mountain.

\par }{\Q The kingdom will belong to the
{\ND{Lord}}.”

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