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Edom’s Fall(A)

This is the vision of Obadiah.

This is what Adonay Yahweh says about Edom:

We have heard a message from Yahweh.
    A messenger was sent among the nations to say,
        “Get ready! Let’s go to war against Edom.”

“Edom, I will make you the smallest of nations.
    Others will despise you.
        Your arrogance has deceived you.
            You live on rocky cliffs.
            You make your home up high.
            You say to yourself,
                ‘No one can bring me down to earth.’
Even though you fly high like an eagle
    and build your nest among the stars,
        I will bring you down from there,” declares Yahweh.

“If thieves or looters come to you during the night,
    won’t they steal only until they’ve had enough?
        You will be ruined!
    If people come to pick your grapes,
    won’t they leave a few grapes behind?

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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)

“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)

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela