Obadiah 1-9

New International Version

Obadiah’s Vision^(A)^(B)

¹The 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)—

²“See, I will make you small^(G) among the nations;
    you will be utterly despised.
³The 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)
⁴Though 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)
⁵“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)
⁶But how Esau will be ransacked,
    his hidden treasures pillaged!
⁷All 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.

⁸“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “will I not destroy^(Q) the wise men of Edom,
    those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
⁹Your warriors, Teman,^(R) will be terrified,
    and everyone in Esau’s mountains
    will be cut down in the slaughter.

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Footnotes

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

Obadiah 15-19

New International Version

¹⁵“The day of the Lord is near^(A)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds^(B) will return upon your own head.
¹⁶Just as you drank^(C) on my holy hill,^(D)
    so all the nations will drink^(E) continually;
they will drink and drink
    and be as if they had never been.^(F)
¹⁷But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;^(G)
    it will be holy,^(H)
    and Jacob will possess his inheritance.^(I)
¹⁸Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire^(J) and destroy^(K) him.
There will be no survivors^(L)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

¹⁹People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.^(M)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,^(N)
    and Benjamin^(O) will possess Gilead.