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Humillación de Edom

Visión de Abdías.

Así dice el Señor Dios[a] acerca de Edom(A):
Hemos oído un mensaje del Señor(B),
y un mensajero ha sido enviado a las naciones(C), diciendo:
Levantaos y alcémonos contra él en batalla(D).
He aquí, te haré pequeño entre las naciones(E);
despreciado eres en gran manera.
La soberbia de tu corazón te ha engañado(F),
tú que habitas en las hendiduras de la peña[b](G),
en las alturas de tu morada;
que dices en tu corazón:
«¿Quién me derribará por tierra(H)?».
Aunque te remontes(I) como el águila,
y aunque entre las estrellas(J) pongas tu nido,
de allí te derribaré —declara el Señor.
Si vinieran a ti ladrones
o salteadores de noche[c](K)
(¡cómo quedarías arruinado!),
¿no robarían hasta que les bastara?[d]
Si vinieran a ti vendimiadores,
¿no dejarían rebuscos(L)?
¡Cómo será escudriñado Esaú(M),
y rebuscados sus tesoros escondidos!
Hasta la frontera te echarán
todos tus aliados[e](N);
te engañarán, te dominarán
los que están en paz contigo;
los que comen tu pan
tenderán emboscada contra ti(O).
(No hay entendimiento en él[f](P).)
¿No destruiré en aquel día
—declara el Señor— a los sabios de Edom(Q)
y el entendimiento del monte de Esaú?
Entonces tus valientes serán atemorizados(R), oh Temán(S),
de modo que todo hombre será cortado del monte de Esaú con muerte violenta(T).

10 Por la violencia contra tu hermano Jacob(U),
te cubrirá la vergüenza,
y serás cortado para siempre(V).
11 El día que te pusiste a un lado(W),
el día en que extraños se llevaban su riqueza,
y extranjeros entraban por su puerta
y sobre Jerusalén echaban suertes(X),
tú también eras como uno de ellos(Y).
12 No te alegres[g] en el día de tu hermano,
en el día de su exterminio(Z);
no te alegres de los hijos de Judá(AA)
en el día de su destrucción;
sí, no te jactes[h](AB)
en el día de su angustia.
13 No entres por la puerta de mi pueblo
en el día de su ruina(AC).
Sí, no te alegres tú de[i] su desgracia
en el día de su ruina;
no te apoderes de sus riquezas(AD)
en el día de su ruina.
14 No te apostes en la encrucijada
para exterminar a sus fugitivos(AE),
y no entregues a sus sobrevivientes
en el día de su angustia.

Restauración de Israel

15 Porque se acerca el día del Señor sobre todas las naciones(AF).
Como tú has hecho, te será hecho(AG);
tus acciones recaerán sobre tu cabeza(AH).
16 Como vosotros bebisteis(AI) en mi santo monte(AJ),
así beberán continuamente todas las naciones.
Beberán y tragarán[j](AK),
y serán como si no hubieran sido.
17 Pero en el monte Sión quedará un remanente,
y será lugar santo(AL),
y la casa de Jacob volverá a tomar sus posesiones(AM).
18 Entonces la casa de Jacob será un fuego(AN),
y la casa de José una llama,
y rastrojo la casa de Esaú.
Los[k] quemarán y los[l] consumirán,
y no quedará sobreviviente(AO) alguno de la casa de Esaú
—porque el Señor ha hablado.
19 Entonces los del Neguev[m] poseerán el monte de Esaú(AP),
y los de la Sefela[n](AQ) la llanura de los filisteos(AR);
poseerán también el territorio de Efraín y el territorio de Samaria(AS),
y Benjamín poseerá Galaad.
20 Y los desterrados de este ejército de los hijos de Israel
que están entre los cananeos hasta Sarepta(AT),
y los desterrados de Jerusalén que están en Sefarad,
poseerán las ciudades del Neguev(AU).
21 Y subirán libertadores(AV) al monte Sión
para juzgar al monte de Esaú,
y el reino será del Señor(AW).

Footnotes

  1. Abdías 1:1 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor
  2. Abdías 1:3 O, de Sela
  3. Abdías 1:5 Lit., devastadores nocturnos
  4. Abdías 1:5 Lit., ¿no robarían su suficiencia?
  5. Abdías 1:7 Lit., los hombres de tu pacto
  6. Abdías 1:7 I.e., Esaú; o, en ello
  7. Abdías 1:12 Lit., No mires
  8. Abdías 1:12 Lit., no agrandes tu boca
  9. Abdías 1:13 Lit., no mires tú
  10. Abdías 1:16 O, se tambalearán
  11. Abdías 1:18 I.e., el pueblo de Esaú
  12. Abdías 1:18 I.e., el pueblo de Esaú
  13. Abdías 1:19 I.e., región del sur
  14. Abdías 1:19 I.e., las faldas de los montes

The Coming Judgment on Edom

The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord God (A)concerning Edom
(B)(We have heard a report from the Lord,
And a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying,
“Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”):

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You shall be greatly despised.
The (C)pride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
(D)You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
(E)Though you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you (F)set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.

“If (G)thieves had come to you,
If robbers by night—
Oh, how you will be cut off!—
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
(H)Would they not have left some gleanings?

“Oh, how Esau shall be searched out!
How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!
All the men in your confederacy
Shall force you to the border;
(I)The men at peace with you
Shall deceive you and prevail against you.
Those who eat your bread shall lay a [a]trap for you.
(J)No[b] one is aware of it.

“Will(K) I not in that day,” says the Lord,
“Even destroy the wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountains of Esau?
Then your (L)mighty men, O (M)Teman, shall be dismayed,
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.

Edom Mistreated His Brother

10 “For (N)violence against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you,
And (O)you shall be cut off forever.
11 In the day that you (P)stood on the other side—
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And (Q)cast lots for Jerusalem—
Even you were as one of them.

12 “But you should not have (R)gazed[c] on the day of your brother
[d]In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have (S)rejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.
13 You should not have entered the gate of My people
In the day of their calamity.
Indeed, you should not have [e]gazed on their affliction
In the day of their calamity,
Nor laid hands on their substance
In the day of their calamity.
14 You should not have stood at the crossroads
To cut off those among them who escaped;
Nor should you have [f]delivered up those among them who remained
In the day of distress.

15 “For(T) the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near;
(U)As you have done, it shall be done to you;
Your [g]reprisal shall return upon your own head.
16 (V)For as you drank on My holy mountain,
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.

Israel’s Final Triumph

17 “But on Mount Zion there (W)shall be [h]deliverance,
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
And the house of Joseph (X)a flame;
But the house of Esau shall be stubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them,
And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.

19 The [i]South (Y)shall possess the mountains of Esau,
(Z)And the Lowland shall possess Philistia.
They shall possess the fields of Ephraim
And the fields of Samaria.
Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 And the captives of this host of the children of Israel
Shall possess the land of the Canaanites
As (AA)far as Zarephath.
The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
(AB)Shall possess the cities of the [j]South.
21 Then (AC)saviors[k] shall come to Mount Zion
To judge the mountains of Esau,
And the (AD)kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:7 Or wound or plot
  2. Obadiah 1:7 Or There is no understanding in him
  3. Obadiah 1:12 Gloated over
  4. Obadiah 1:12 Lit. On the day he became a foreigner
  5. Obadiah 1:13 Gloated over
  6. Obadiah 1:14 Handed over to the enemy
  7. Obadiah 1:15 Or reward
  8. Obadiah 1:17 Or salvation
  9. Obadiah 1:19 Heb. Negev
  10. Obadiah 1:20 Heb. Negev
  11. Obadiah 1:21 deliverers

Obadiah’s Vision(A)(B)

The vision(C) of Obadiah.

This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom(D)

We have heard a message from the Lord:
    An envoy(E) was sent to the nations to say,
“Rise, let us go against her for battle”(F)

“See, I will make you small(G) among the nations;
    you will be utterly despised.
The pride(H) of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rocks[a](I)
    and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
    ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’(J)
Though you soar like the eagle
    and make your nest(K) among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,”(L)
declares the Lord.(M)
“If thieves came to you,
    if robbers in the night—
oh, what a disaster awaits you!—
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?(N)
But how Esau will be ransacked,
    his hidden treasures pillaged!
All your allies(O) will force you to the border;
    your friends will deceive and overpower you;
those who eat your bread(P) will set a trap for you,[b]
    but you will not detect it.

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “will I not destroy(Q) the wise men of Edom,
    those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
Your warriors, Teman,(R) will be terrified,
    and everyone in Esau’s mountains
    will be cut down in the slaughter.
10 Because of the violence(S) against your brother Jacob,(T)
    you will be covered with shame;
    you will be destroyed forever.(U)
11 On the day you stood aloof
    while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    and cast lots(V) for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.(W)
12 You should not gloat(X) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,(Y)
nor rejoice(Z) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,(AA)
nor boast(AB) so much
    in the day of their trouble.(AC)
13 You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity(AD)
    in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
    in the day of their disaster.
14 You should not wait at the crossroads
    to cut down their fugitives,(AE)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.

15 “The day of the Lord is near(AF)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds(AG) will return upon your own head.
16 Just as you drank(AH) on my holy hill,(AI)
    so all the nations will drink(AJ) continually;
they will drink and drink
    and be as if they had never been.(AK)
17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;(AL)
    it will be holy,(AM)
    and Jacob will possess his inheritance.(AN)
18 Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire(AO) and destroy(AP) him.
There will be no survivors(AQ)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

19 People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.(AR)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(AS)
    and Benjamin(AT) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(AU)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(AV)
21 Deliverers(AW) will go up on[c] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(AX)

Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela
  2. Obadiah 1:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  3. Obadiah 1:21 Or from

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.

Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

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?

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.

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?

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

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.

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?

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.