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
New Living Translation
5 “If thieves came at night and robbed you
(what a disaster awaits you!),
they would not take everything.
Those who harvest grapes
always leave a few for the poor.
But your enemies will wipe you out completely!
6 Every nook and cranny of Edom[a]
will be searched and looted.
Every treasure will be found and taken.
7 “All your allies will turn against you.
They will help to chase you from your land.
They will promise you peace
while plotting to deceive and destroy you.
Your trusted friends will set traps for you,
and you won’t even know about it.
8 At that time not a single wise person
will be left in the whole land of Edom,”
says the Lord.
“For on the mountains of Edom
I will destroy everyone who has understanding.
9 The mightiest warriors of Teman
will be terrified,
and everyone on the mountains of Edom
will be cut down in the slaughter.
Footnotes
- 6 Hebrew Esau; also in 8b, 9, 18, 19, 21.
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