15 For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
    despised among mankind.

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15 “Now I will make you small among the nations,
    despised by mankind.

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51 (A)He has shown strength with his arm;
    (B)he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;

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51 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;(A)
    he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.(B)

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10 Then (A)my enemy will see,
    and shame will cover her who (B)said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”
(C)My eyes will look upon her;
    now she will be trampled down
    (D)like the mire of the streets.

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10 Then my enemy will see it
    and will be covered with shame,(A)
she who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”(B)
My eyes will see her downfall;(C)
    even now she will be trampled(D) underfoot
    like mire in the streets.

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Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
    you shall be utterly despised.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:2 Or Behold, I have made you small among the nations; you are utterly despised

“See, I will make you small(A) among the nations;
    you will be utterly despised.

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There they are, in great terror,
    (A)where there is no terror!
For God (B)scatters the bones of him who encamps against you;
    you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

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But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
    where there was nothing to dread.(A)
God scattered the bones(B) of those who attacked you;(C)
    you put them to shame,(D) for God despised them.(E)

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30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: (A)‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ (B)but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

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30 “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.(A)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,(B) but those who despise(C) me will be disdained.(D)

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(A)The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
    (B)he brings low and he exalts.
(C)He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
(D)to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
(E)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
    and on them he has set the world.

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The Lord sends poverty and wealth;(A)
    he humbles and he exalts.(B)
He raises(C) the poor(D) from the dust(E)
    and lifts the needy(F) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(G)

“For the foundations(H) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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