Obadiah 1-4

New King James Version

The Coming Judgment on Edom

¹The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord God ^(A)concerning Edom
^(B)(We have heard a report from the Lord,
And a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying,
“Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”):

²“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You shall be greatly despised.
³The ^(C)pride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
^(D)You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
⁴^(E)Though you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you ^(F)set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.

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Genesis 11:1-4

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The Tower of Babel

11 Now the whole earth had one language and one ^[a]speech. ²And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land ^(A)of Shinar, and they dwelt there. ³Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and ^[b]bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. ⁴And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower ^(B)whose top is in the heavens; let us make a ^(C)name for ourselves, lest we ^(D)be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”