Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that (A)he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him (B)fall by the sword in his own land.’”

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Listen! When he hears a certain report,(A) I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.(B)’”

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The vision of Obadiah.

Edom Will Be Humbled

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:
“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”

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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)

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For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians (A)hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us (B)the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us.”

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for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound(A) of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired(B) the Hittite(C) and Egyptian kings to attack us!”

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46 Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful
    (A)at the report heard in the land,
(B)when a report comes in one year
    and afterward a report in another year,
and violence is in the land,
    (C)and ruler is against ruler.

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46 Do not lose heart(A) or be afraid(B)
    when rumors(C) are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
    rumors of violence in the land
    and of ruler against ruler.

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The Utter Destruction of Babylon

51 Thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will stir up (A)the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon,
    against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:1 A code name for Chaldea

51 This is what the Lord says:

“See, I will stir(A) up the spirit of a destroyer
    against Babylon(B) and the people of Leb Kamai.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:1 Leb Kamai is a cryptogram for Chaldea, that is, Babylonia.

14 (A)I have heard a message from the Lord,
    and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
(B)“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
    and rise up for battle!

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14 I have heard a message from the Lord;
    an envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Assemble yourselves to attack it!
    Rise up for battle!”

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but (A)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
    and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (B)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and (C)with the breath of his lips (D)he shall kill the wicked.

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but with righteousness(A) he will judge the needy,(B)
    with justice(C) he will give decisions for the poor(D) of the earth.
He will strike(E) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(F)
    with the breath(G) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(H)

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16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts
    will send wasting sickness among his (A)stout warriors,
and under his glory (B)a burning will be kindled,
    like the burning of fire.
17 (C)The light of Israel will become a fire,
    and (D)his Holy One a flame,
and (E)it will burn and devour
    his thorns and briers (F)in one day.
18 The glory of (G)his forest and of his (H)fruitful land
    the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
    and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.

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16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(A) upon his sturdy warriors;(B)
under his pomp(C) a fire(D) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(E)
    their Holy One(F) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(G) and his briers.(H)
18 The splendor of his forests(I) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(J)
    as when a sick person wastes away.

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Our God comes; he (A)does not keep silence;[a]
    before him is a devouring (B)fire,
    around him a mighty tempest.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:3 Or May our God come, and not keep silence

Our God comes(A)
    and will not be silent;(B)
a fire devours(C) before him,(D)
    and around him a tempest(E) rages.

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14 And he sent out his (A)arrows and scattered them;
    he flashed forth lightnings and (B)routed them.
15 Then (C)the channels of the sea were seen,
    and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your (D)rebuke, O Lord,
    at the blast of (E)the breath of your nostrils.

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14 He shot his arrows(A) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning(B) he routed them.(C)
15 The valleys of the sea were exposed
    and the foundations(D) of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke,(E) Lord,
    at the blast of breath from your nostrils.(F)

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Let him rain coals on the wicked;
    (A)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be (B)the portion of their cup.

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On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;(A)
    a scorching wind(B) will be their lot.

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21 (A)Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
    in (B)prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.

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21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(A)
    when all seems well, marauders attack him.(B)

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By (A)the breath of God they perish,
    and by (B)the blast of his anger they are consumed.

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At the breath of God(A) they perish;
    at the blast of his anger they are no more.(B)

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