1:1 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord ①GOD says concerning Edom—
We have heard a report from the LORD,
And a messenger has been sent among the nations saying,
“Arise, and let’s go up against her for battle”—
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
1:2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.
1:3 The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
The one who lives in the clefts of ①the rock,
On the height of his dwelling place,
Who says in his heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
▷ ①Or Sela
1:4 Though you make your home high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
1:5 “If thieves came to you,
If ①robbers by night—
Oh how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only ②until they had enough?
If grape-pickers came to you,
Would they not leave some gleanings?
▷ ①Lit devastators of the night ②Lit their sufficiency
1:6 Oh how Esau will be searched,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
1:7 All the people ①allied with you
Will send you to the border,
And the people at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is no understanding ②in him.)
▷ ①Lit of your covenant ②I.e., in Esau; or of it
1:8 Will I not on that day,” declares the LORD,
“Eliminate wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
1:9 Then your warriors will be filled with terror, Teman,
So that everyone will be eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.
1:10 “Because of violence to your brother Jacob,
Shame will cover you,
And you will be eliminated forever.
1:11 On the day that you stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And cast lots for Jerusalem—
You too were as one of them.
1:12 Do not ①gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
On the day of their destruction;
Yes, do not ②boast
On the day of their distress.
▷ ①Lit look on ②Lit make your mouth large
1:13 Do not enter the gate of My people
On the day of their disaster.
You indeed, do not ①gloat over their catastrophe
On the day of their disaster.
And do not lay a hand on their wealth
On the day of their disaster.
▷ ①Lit look at
1:14 Do not stand at the crossroads
To eliminate their survivors;
And do not hand over their refugees
On the day of their distress.
1:15 “For the day of the LORD is near for all the nations.
Just as you have done, it will be done to you.
Your dealings will return on your own head.
1:16 For just as you drank on My holy mountain,
All the nations will drink continually.
They will drink ①to the last drop,
And become as if they had never existed.
▷ ①Lit and slurp
1:17 But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will ①possess their ②property.
▷ ①Or take possession of ②or inheritance
1:18 Then the house of Jacob will be a fire,
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be like stubble.
And they will set ①them on fire and consume ②them,
So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the LORD has spoken.
▷ ①I.e., the people of Esau ②I.e., the people of Esau
1:19 Then those of the ①Negev will ②possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the ③Shephelah the Philistine plain;
Also, they will ④possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin the territory of Gilead.
▷ ①I.e., South country ②Or take possession of ③I.e., the foothills ④Or take possession of
1:20 And the exiles of this army of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad,
Will ①possess the cities of the Negev.
▷ ①Or take possession of
1:21 ①The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the kingdom will be the LORD’S.
▷ ①Or with ancient versions Those who are rescued