The vision{H2377} of Obadiah.{H5662} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H3069} concerning Edom:{H123} We have heard{H8085} tidings{H8052} from Jehovah,{H3068} and an ambassador{H6735} is sent{H7971} among the nations,{H1471} [saying], Arise{H6965} ye, and let us rise up{H6965} against her in battle.{H4421}

Behold, I have made{H5414} thee small{H6996} among the nations:{H1471} thou art greatly{H3966} despised.{H959}

The pride{H2087} of thy heart{H3820} hath deceived{H5377} thee, O thou that dwellest{H7931} in the clefts{H2288} of the rock,{H5553} whose habitation{H3427} is high;{H4791} that saith{H559} in his heart,{H3820} Who shall bring me down{H3381} to the ground?{H776}

Though thou mount on high{H1361} as the eagle,{H5404} and though thy nest{H7064} be set{H7760} among the stars,{H3556} I will bring thee down{H3381} from thence, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

If thieves{H1590} came{H935} to thee, if robbers{H7703} by night{H3915} (how art thou cut off!),{H1820} would they not steal{H1589} [only] till they had enough?{H1767} if grape-gatherers{H1219} came{H935} to thee, would they not leave{H7604} some gleaning grapes?{H5955}

How are [the things of] Esau{H6215} searched!{H2664} how are his hidden{H4710} treasures sought out!{H2664}

All the men{H582} of thy confederacy{H1285} have brought{H7971} thee on thy way, even to the border:{H1366} the men{H582} that were at peace{H7965} with thee have deceived{H5377} thee, and prevailed{H3201} against thee; [they that eat] thy bread{H3899} lay{H7760} a snare{H4204} under thee: there is no understanding{H8394} in him.

Shall I not in that day,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} destroy{H6} the wise{H2450} men out of Edom,{H123} and understanding{H8394} out of the mount{H2022} of Esau?{H6215}

And thy mighty{H1368} men, O Teman,{H8487} shall be dismayed,{H2865} to the end that every one{H376} may be cut off{H3772} from the mount{H2022} of Esau{H6215} by slaughter.{H6993}

For the violence{H2555} done to thy brother{H251} Jacob,{H3290} shame{H955} shall cover{H3680} thee, and thou shalt be cut off{H3772} for ever.{H5769}

In the day{H3117} that thou stoodest{H5975} on the other side, in the day{H3117} that strangers{H2114} carried{H7617} away his substance,{H2428} and foreigners{H5237} entered{H935} into his gates,{H8179} and cast{H3032} lots{H1486} upon Jerusalem,{H3389} even thou wast as one{H259} of them.

But look{H7200} not thou on the day{H3117} of thy brother{H251} in the day{H3117} of his disaster,{H5235} and rejoice{H8055} not over the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} in the day{H3117} of their destruction;{H6} neither speak{H6310} proudly{H1431} in the day{H3117} of distress.{H6869}

Enter{H935} not into the gate{H8179} of my people{H5971} in the day{H3117} of their calamity;{H343} yea, look{H7200} not thou on their affliction{H7451} in the day{H3117} of their calamity,{H343} neither lay{H7971} ye hands on their substance{H2428} in the day{H3117} of their calamity.{H343}

And stand{H5975} thou not in the crossway,{H6563} to cut off{H3772} those of his that escape;{H6412} and deliver not up{H5462} those of his that remain{H8300} in the day{H3117} of distress.{H6869}

For the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} is near{H7138} upon all the nations:{H1471} as thou hast done,{H6213} it shall be done{H6213} unto thee; thy dealing{H1576} shall return{H7725} upon thine own head.{H7218}

For as ye have drunk{H8354} upon my holy{H6944} mountain,{H2022} so shall all the nations{H1471} drink{H8354} continually;{H8548} yea, they shall drink,{H8354} and swallow down,{H3886} and shall be as though they had not{H3808} been.

But in mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} there shall be those that escape,{H6413} and it shall be holy;{H6944} and the house{H1004} of Jacob{H3290} shall possess{H3423} their possessions.{H4180}

And the house{H1004} of Jacob{H3290} shall be a fire,{H784} and the house{H1004} of Joseph{H3130} a flame,{H3852} and the house{H1004} of Esau{H6215} for stubble,{H7179} and they shall burn{H1814} among them, and devour{H398} them; and there shall not be any remaining{H8300} to the house{H1004} of Esau;{H6215} for Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it.

And they of the South{H5045} shall possess{H3423} the mount{H2022} of Esau,{H6215} and they of the lowland{H8219} the Philistines;{H6430} and they shall possess{H3423} the field{H7704} of Ephraim,{H669} and the field{H7704} of Samaria;{H8111} and Benjamin{H1144} [shall possess] Gilead.{H1568}

And the captives{H1546} of this host{H2426} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that are [among] the Canaanites,{H3669} [shall possess] even unto Zarephath;{H6886} and the captives{H1546} of Jerusalem,{H3389} that are in Sepharad,{H5614} shall possess{H3423} the cities{H5892} of the South.{H5045}

And saviours{H3467} shall come up{H5927} on mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} to judge{H8199} the mount{H2022} of Esau;{H6215} and the kingdom{H4410} shall be Jehovah's.{H3068}