Obadiah 8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸Edom, when this happens,
I, the Lord, will destroy
    all your marvelous wisdom.
⁹Warriors from the city of Teman^[a]
    will be terrified,
and you descendants of Esau^[b]
    will be wiped out.

The Lord Condemns Edom's Cruelty

¹⁰You were cruel to your relatives,
the descendants of Jacob.^[c]
Now you will be destroyed,
disgraced forever.

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Footnotes

9 Teman: A famous city in Edom.
9 descendants of Esau: The people of Edom were descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob (Israel).
10 descendants of Jacob: Jacob and Esau were brothers (see the note on Esau at verse 9).