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“If (A)thieves came to you,
If [a]robbers by night—
Oh how you will be ruined!—
Would they not thieve only [b]until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
(B)Would they not allow some gleanings to remain?
Oh how Esau will be (C)searched out
And his hidden treasures ransacked!
All the (D)men who have [c]a covenant with you
Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your (E)bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is (F)no discernment [d]in him.)
Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh,
(G)Cause the wise men to perish from Edom
And discernment from the mountain of Esau?
Then your (H)mighty men will be dismayed, O (I)Teman,
So that each one may be (J)cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:5 Lit devastators of the night
  2. Obadiah 1:5 Lit their sufficiency
  3. Obadiah 1:7 Lit your covenant
  4. Obadiah 1:7 In Esau; or of it

“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?(A)
But how Esau will be ransacked,
    his hidden treasures pillaged!
All your allies(B) will force you to the border;
    your friends will deceive and overpower you;
those who eat your bread(C) will set a trap for you,[a]
    but you will not detect it.

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

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Footnotes

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

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

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