Obadiah
New American Standard Bible 1995
Edom Will Be Humbled
1 The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord [a]God concerning (A)Edom—
(B)We have heard a report from the Lord,
And an (C)envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“(D)Arise and let us go against her for battle”—
2 “Behold, I will make you (E)small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.
3 “The (F)arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of [b]the (G)rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘(H)Who will bring me down to earth?’
4 “Though you (I)build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the (J)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
5 “If (K)thieves came to you,
If [c]robbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only [d]until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
(L)Would they not leave some gleanings?
6 “O how Esau will be (M)ransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
7 “All the (N)men [e]allied 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 (O)bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is (P)no understanding [f]in him.)
8 “Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,
“(Q)Destroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
9 “Then your (R)mighty men will be dismayed, O (S)Teman,
So that everyone may be (T)cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
10 “Because of (U)violence to your brother Jacob,
[g]You will be covered with shame,
(V)And you will be cut off forever.
11 “On the day that you (W)stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And (X)cast lots for Jerusalem—
(Y)You too were as one of them.
12 “(Z)Do not [h]gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And (AA)do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, (AB)do not [i]boast
In the day of their distress.
13 “Do not enter the gate of My people
In the (AC)day of their disaster.
Yes, you, do not [j]gloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not (AD)loot their wealth
In the day of their disaster.
14 “Do not (AE)stand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.
The Day of the Lord and the Future
15 “For the (AF)day of the Lord draws near on all the nations.
(AG)As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your (AH)dealings will return on your own head.
16 “Because just as you (AI)drank on (AJ)My holy mountain,
All the nations (AK)will drink continually.
They will drink and [k]swallow
And become as if they had never existed.
17 “But on Mount (AL)Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will (AM)possess their possessions.
18 “Then the house of Jacob will be a (AN)fire
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set [l]them on fire and consume [m]them,
So that there will be (AO)no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
19 Then those of the [n]Negev will (AP)possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the [o]Shephelah the (AQ)Philistine plain;
Also, (AR)possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as (AS)Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the (AT)cities of the Negev.
21 The (AU)deliverers will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the (AV)kingdom will be the Lord’s.
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Obadiah 1:3 Or Sela
- Obadiah 1:5 Lit devastators of the night
- Obadiah 1:5 Lit their sufficiency
- Obadiah 1:7 Lit of your covenant
- Obadiah 1:7 I.e. in Esau; or of it
- Obadiah 1:10 Lit Shame will cover you
- Obadiah 1:12 Lit look on
- Obadiah 1:12 Lit make your mouth large
- Obadiah 1:13 Lit look on
- Obadiah 1:16 Or stagger
- Obadiah 1:18 I.e. the people of Esau
- Obadiah 1:18 I.e. the people of Esau
- Obadiah 1:19 I.e. South country
- Obadiah 1:19 I.e. the foothills
Psalm 82-83
New American Standard Bible 1995
Unjust Judgments Rebuked.
A Psalm of Asaph.
82 God takes His (A)stand in [a]His own congregation;
He (B)judges in the midst of the [b](C)rulers.
2 How long will you (D)judge unjustly
And (E)show partiality to the wicked? [c]Selah.
3 (F)Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
4 (G)Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They (H)do not know nor do they understand;
They (I)walk about in darkness;
All the (J)foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 [d]I (K)said, “You are gods,
And all of you are (L)sons of the Most High.
7 “Nevertheless (M)you will die like men
And fall like any (N)one of the princes.”
8 (O)Arise, O God, (P)judge the earth!
For it is You who (Q)possesses all the nations.
God Implored to Confound His Enemies.
A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
83 O God, (R)do not remain quiet;
(S)Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still.
2 For behold, Your enemies (T)make an uproar,
And (U)those who hate You have [e](V)exalted themselves.
3 They (W)make shrewd plans against Your people,
And [f]conspire together against (X)Your [g]treasured ones.
4 They have said, “Come, and (Y)let us wipe them out [h]as a nation,
That the (Z)name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 For they have [i](AA)conspired together with one mind;
Against You they make a covenant:
6 The tents of (AB)Edom and the (AC)Ishmaelites,
(AD)Moab and the (AE)Hagrites;
7 (AF)Gebal and (AG)Ammon and (AH)Amalek,
(AI)Philistia with the inhabitants of (AJ)Tyre;
8 (AK)Assyria also has joined with them;
They have become [j]a help to the (AL)children of Lot. [k]Selah.
9 Deal with them (AM)as with Midian,
As (AN)with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon,
10 Who were destroyed at En-dor,
Who (AO)became as dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like (AP)Oreb and Zeeb
And all their princes like (AQ)Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, “(AR)Let us possess for ourselves
The (AS)pastures of God.”
13 O my God, make them like the [l](AT)whirling dust,
Like (AU)chaff before the wind.
14 Like (AV)fire that burns the forest
And like a flame that (AW)sets the mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them (AX)with Your tempest
And terrify them with Your storm.
16 (AY)Fill their faces with dishonor,
That they may seek Your name, O Lord.
17 Let them be (AZ)ashamed and dismayed forever,
And let them be humiliated and perish,
18 That they may (BA)know that (BB)You alone, whose name is the Lord,
Are the (BC)Most High over all the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 82:1 Lit the congregation of God
- Psalm 82:1 Lit gods
- Psalm 82:2 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- Psalm 82:6 Lit I, on my part
- Psalm 83:2 Lit lifted up the head
- Psalm 83:3 Or consult
- Psalm 83:3 Or hidden ones
- Psalm 83:4 Lit from
- Psalm 83:5 Or consulted
- Psalm 83:8 Lit an arm
- Psalm 83:8 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- Psalm 83:13 Or tumbleweed
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