Obadiah 5-9
International Standard Version
The Harvest from Edom’s Arrogance
5 “If thieves came against you,
if marauding gangs by night
—Oh, how you will be destroyed!—
Would they not steal only until they had enough?
If grape pickers came to you,
would they not leave some[a] grapes to be gleaned?
6 “Oh, how Esau is ransacked,
how his hidden treasures are thoroughly[b] searched out!
7 All your allies will force you out of the land,[c]
your associates will deceive you and prevail against you.
Your friends[d] will lay out a trap for you,
and you will[e] never understand it!
8 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“will I not destroy the wise from Edom,
and those with understanding from Esau’s Mountain?
9 Teman, our mighty soldiers will be dismayed,
so that every man from Esau’s Mountain will be slaughtered.”[f]
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:5 The Heb. lacks some
- Obadiah 1:6 The Heb. lacks thoroughly
- Obadiah 1:7 Lit. out to the border
- Obadiah 1:7 Lit. Your bread; i.e. those who eat your bread
- Obadiah 1:7 The Heb. lacks you will
- Obadiah 1:9 Lit. will be cut off by slaughter
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