1 The vision{H2377} of Obadiah{H5662}. Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} concerning Edom{H123}; We have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} a rumour{H8052} from the LORD{H3068}, and an ambassador{H6735} is sent{H7971}{(H8795)} among the heathen{H1471}, Arise{H6965}{(H8798)} ye, and let us rise up{H6965}{(H8799)} against her in battle{H4421}.

2 Behold, I have made{H5414}{(H8804)} thee small{H6996} among the heathen{H1471}: thou art greatly{H3966} despised{H959}{(H8803)}.

3 The pride{H2087} of thine heart{H3820} hath deceived{H5377}{(H8689)} thee, thou that dwellest{H7931}{(H8802)} in the clefts{H2288} of the rock{H5553}, whose habitation{H3427}{(H8800)} is high{H4791}; that saith{H559}{(H8802)} in his heart{H3820}, Who shall bring me down{H3381}{(H8686)} to the ground{H776}?

4 Though thou exalt{H1361}{(H8686)} thyself as the eagle{H5404}, and though thou set{H7760}{(H8800)} thy nest{H7064} among the stars{H3556}, thence will I bring thee down{H3381}{(H8686)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

5 If thieves{H1590} came{H935}{(H8804)} to thee, if robbers{H7703}{(H8802)} by night{H3915},(how{H349} art thou cut off{H1820}{(H8738)}!) would they not have stolen{H1589}{(H8799)} till they had enough{H1767}? if the grapegatherers{H1219}{(H8802)} came{H935}{(H8804)} to thee, would they not leave{H7604}{(H8686)} some grapes{H5955}?

6 How are the things of Esau{H6215} searched out{H2664}{(H8738)}! how are his hidden{H4710} things sought up{H1158}{(H8738)}!

7 All the men{H582} of thy confederacy{H1285} have brought{H7971}{(H8765)} thee even to the border{H1366}: the men{H582} that were at peace{H7965} with thee have deceived{H5377}{(H8689)} thee, and prevailed{H3201}{(H8804)} against thee; they that eat thy bread{H3899} have laid{H7760}{(H8799)} a wound{H4204} under thee: there is none understanding{H8394} in him.

8 Shall I not in that day{H3117}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, even destroy{H6}{(H8689)} the wise{H2450} men out of Edom{H123}, and understanding{H8394} out of the mount{H2022} of Esau{H6215}?

9 And thy mighty{H1368} men, O Teman{H8487}, shall be dismayed{H2865}{(H8804)}, to the end that every one{H376} of the mount{H2022} of Esau{H6215} may be cut off{H3772}{(H8735)} by slaughter{H6993}.

10 For thy violence{H2555} against thy brother{H251} Jacob{H3290} shame{H955} shall cover{H3680}{(H8762)} thee, and thou shalt be cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} for ever{H5769}.

11 In the day{H3117} that thou stoodest{H5975}{(H8800)} on the other side, in the day{H3117} that the strangers{H2114}{(H8801)} carried away captive{H7617}{(H8800)} his forces{H2428}, and foreigners{H5237} entered{H935}{(H8804)} into his gates{H8179}, and cast{H3032}{(H8804)} lots{H1486} upon Jerusalem{H3389}, even thou wast as one{H259} of them.

12 But thou shouldest not have looked{H7200}{(H8799)} on the day{H3117} of thy brother{H251} in the day{H3117} that he became a stranger{H5235}; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced{H8055}{(H8799)} over the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} in the day{H3117} of their destruction{H6}{(H8800)}; neither shouldest thou have spoken{H6310} proudly{H1431}{(H8686)} in the day{H3117} of distress{H6869}.

13 Thou shouldest not have entered{H935}{(H8799)} into the gate{H8179} of my people{H5971} in the day{H3117} of their calamity{H343}; yea, thou shouldest not have looked{H7200}{(H8799)} on their affliction{H7451} in the day{H3117} of their calamity{H343}, nor have laid{H7971}{(H8799)} hands on their substance{H2428} in the day{H3117} of their calamity{H343};

14 Neither shouldest thou have stood{H5975}{(H8799)} in the crossway{H6563}, to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} those of his that did escape{H6412}; neither shouldest thou have delivered up{H5462}{(H8686)} those of his that did remain{H8300} in the day{H3117} of distress{H6869}.

15 For the day{H3117} of the LORD{H3068} is near{H7138} upon all the heathen{H1471}: as thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)}, it shall be done{H6213}{(H8735)} unto thee: thy reward{H1576} shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} upon thine own head{H7218}.

16 For as ye have drunk{H8354}{(H8804)} upon my holy{H6944} mountain{H2022}, so shall all the heathen{H1471} drink{H8354}{(H8799)} continually{H8548}, yea, they shall drink{H8354}{(H8804)}, and they shall swallow down{H3886}{(H8804)}, and they shall be as though they had not{H3808} been.

17 But upon mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} shall be deliverance{H6413}, and there shall be holiness{H6944}; and the house{H1004} of Jacob{H3290} shall possess{H3423}{(H8804)} their possessions{H4180}.

18 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 kindle{H1814}{(H8804)} in them, and devour{H398}{(H8804)} them; and there shall not be any remaining{H8300} of the house{H1004} of Esau{H6215}; for the LORD{H3068} hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} it.

19 And they of the south{H5045} shall possess{H3423}{(H8804)} the mount{H2022} of Esau{H6215}; and they of the plain{H8219} the Philistines{H6430}: and they shall possess{H3423}{(H8804)} the fields{H7704} of Ephraim{H669}, and the fields{H7704} of Samaria{H8111}: and Benjamin{H1144} shall possess Gilead{H1568}.

20 And the captivity{H1546} of this host{H2426} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall possess that of the Canaanites{H3669}, even unto Zarephath{H6886}; and the captivity{H1546} of Jerusalem{H3389}, which is in Sepharad{H5614}, shall possess{H3423}{(H8799)} the cities{H5892} of the south{H5045}.

21 And saviours{H3467}{(H8688)} shall come up{H5927}{(H8804)} on mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} to judge{H8199}{(H8800)} the mount{H2022} of Esau{H6215}; and the kingdom{H4410} shall be the LORD'S{H3068}.