Obadiah 5-9
Lexham English Bible
5 “If thieves came to you, if plunderers of the night—How you have been destroyed!—would they not steal what they wanted?[a] If grape gatherers came, would they not leave gleanings? 6 How Esau has been pillaged; his treasures have been ransacked! 7 All of your allies[b] have driven you up to the boundary; your confederates[c] have deceived you and have prevailed against you. Those who eat your bread have set an ambush for you, there is no[d] understanding of it.[e] 8 On that day,” declares[f] Yahweh, “will I not destroy the wise men from Edom, and understanding from the mountain of Esau? 9 And your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone[g] from the mountain of Esau will be cut off because of the slaughter!
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- Obadiah 1:5 Literally “their sufficiency”
- Obadiah 1:7 Literally “men of your covenant”
- Obadiah 1:7 Literally “men of your peace”
- Obadiah 1:7 The preposition בּ plus אֵין indicates the absence of a thing within a location
- Obadiah 1:7 Or “in him”
- Obadiah 1:8 Literally “a declaration of”
- Obadiah 1:9 Literally “each”
Obadiah 5-9
Christian Standard Bible
5 If thieves came to you,(A)
if marauders by night—
how ravaged you would be!—
wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?
If grape harvesters came to you,
wouldn’t they leave a few grapes?(B)
6 How Esau will be pillaged,(C)
his hidden treasures searched out!(D)
7 Everyone who has a treaty with you(E)
will drive you to the border;
everyone at peace with you
will deceive and conquer you.
Those who eat your bread(F)
will set[a] a trap for you.
He will be unaware of it.(G)
8 In that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
will I not eliminate the wise ones of Edom(H)
and those who understand
from the hill country of Esau?
9 Teman,[b](I) your warriors(J) will be terrified
so that everyone from the hill country of Esau
will be destroyed by slaughter.(K)
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