Obadiah 5-9
New American Standard Bible
5 “If (A)thieves came to you,
If [a]robbers by night—
Oh how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only [b]until they had enough?
If grape-pickers came to you,
(B)Would they not leave some gleanings?
6 Oh how Esau will be (C)searched,
And his hidden treasures searched out!
7 All the (D)people [c]allied with you
Will send you to the border,
And the people 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 understanding [d]in him.)
8 Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,
“(G)Eliminate wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?
9 Then your (H)warriors will be filled with terror, (I)Teman,
So that everyone will be (J)eliminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.
Footnotes
- 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 5-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Pillage and Slaughter Will Repay Edom’s Cruelty
5 If thieves came to you,
if plunderers by night
—how you have been destroyed!—
would they not steal only what they wanted?
If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave gleanings?(A)
6 How Esau has been pillaged,
his treasures searched out!
7 All your allies have deceived you;
they have driven you to the border;
your confederates have prevailed against you;
those who ate your food have set a trap for you—
there is no understanding.(B)
8 On that day, says the Lord,
I will destroy the wise out of Edom
and understanding out of Mount Esau.(C)
9 Your warriors shall be shattered, O Teman,
so that everyone from Mount Esau will be cut off.(D)
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