Obadiah 5-9
Legacy Standard Bible
5 “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?
6 Oh how Esau will be (C)searched out
And his hidden treasures ransacked!
7 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.)
8 Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh,
“(G)Cause the wise men to perish from Edom
And discernment from the mountain of Esau?
9 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.
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:5 Lit devastators of the night
- Obadiah 1:5 Lit their sufficiency
- Obadiah 1:7 Lit your covenant
- Obadiah 1:7 In Esau; or of it
Obadiah 5-9
Common English Bible
Edom is robbed
5 If thieves approach you,
if robbers by night—how you’ve been devastated!—
wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?
If those who gather grapes came to you,
wouldn’t they leave some grapes?
6 How Esau has been looted,
his treasures taken away!
7 All those who were your allies
have driven you to the border.
Those who were on your side tricked you
and triumphed over you.
They are setting your own bread as a trap under you,[a]
but you don’t see it coming.
8 Won’t I on that day, says the Lord,
destroy the wise from Edom
and understanding from Mount Esau?
9 Your warriors will be shattered, Teman,
and everyone from Mount Esau will be eliminated.
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:7 Heb uncertain
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