Obadiah 1
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1 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord#1:1 The word translated “Lord” (mixed case) is “Adonai.” GOD#1:1 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “Lord” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name. says about Edom. We have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent amongst the nations, saying, “Arise, and let’s rise up against her in battle. 2Behold,#1:2 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. I have made you small amongst the nations. You are greatly despised. 3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’ 4Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set amongst the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD. 5“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, what disaster awaits you—wouldn’t they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn’t they leave some gleaning grapes? 6How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out! 7All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”
8“Won’t I in that day”, says the LORD, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau? 9Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter. 10For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever. 11In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance and foreigners entered into his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them. 12But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress. 13Don’t enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don’t look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity. 14Don’t stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don’t deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress. 15For the day of the LORD is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head. 16For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been. 17But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions. 18The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn amongst them and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
19Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead. 20The captives of this army of the children of Israel, who are amongst the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev. 21Saviours will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be the LORD’s.
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Obadiah 1
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1The vision of Obadiah.
Edom Will Be Humbled
Thus says the Lord God #See Jer. 49:7-22; Ezek. 25:12-14 concerning Edom:
# For ver. 1-4, see Jer. 49:14-16 We have heard a report from the Lord,
and a messenger has been sent among the nations:
“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”
2Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
you shall be utterly despised.#2 Or Behold, I have made you small among the nations; you are utterly despised
3 # [Num. 24:21, 22] The pride of your heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,#3 Or of Sela
in your lofty dwelling,
# [Isa. 14:13-15] who say in your heart,
“Who will bring me down to the ground?”
4Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
though your nest is set among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,
declares the Lord.
5If #Jer. 49:9thieves came to you,
if plunderers came by night—
how you have been destroyed!—
would they not steal only enough for themselves?
If #Jer. 49:9grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave gleanings?
6 # [Jer. 49:10] How Esau has been pillaged,
his treasures sought out!
7All your allies have driven you to your border;
those at peace with you have deceived you;
they have prevailed against you;
# [Ps. 41:9] those who eat your bread#7 Hebrew lacks those who eat have set a trap beneath you—
# [Jer. 49:7] you have#7 Hebrew he has no understanding.
8 # [Isa. 29:14] Will I not on that day, declares the Lord,
destroy the wise men out of Edom,
and understanding out of #[Ezek. 35:2]Mount Esau?
9And your mighty men shall be dismayed, #Amos 1:12; See 1 Chr. 1:45 O Teman,
so that every man from #[See ver. 8 above]Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
Edom’s Violence Against Jacob
10 #
Num. 20:20, 21 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
shame shall cover you,
# [Ezek. 35:9] and you shall be cut off forever.
11 #
Ps. 137:7; [Jer. 12:14] On the day that you stood aloof,
# See 2 Kgs. 25:10-20 on the day that strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
#
Joel 3:3
and cast lots for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.
12 # [Ps. 22:17] But do not gloat over the day of your brother
in the day of his misfortune;
# [Mic. 4:11; 7:8] do not rejoice over the people of Judah
in the day of their ruin;
# [1 Sam. 2:3] do not boast#12 Hebrew do not enlarge your mouth
in the day of distress.
13 # [Prov. 17:5] Do not enter the gate of my people
in the day of their calamity;
# [Prov. 17:5] do not gloat over his disaster
in the day of his calamity;
# [Ezek. 35:10] do not loot his wealth
in the day of his calamity.
14 # [Ezek. 21:21] Do not stand at the crossroads
to cut off his fugitives;
do not hand over his survivors
in the day of distress.
The Day of the Lord Is Near
15For #See Joel 1:15 the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.
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Jer. 50:29; Ezek. 35:15; Hab. 2:8 As you have done, it shall be done to you;
your deeds shall return on your own head.
16 # See Jer. 25:27, 28 For as you have drunk on #See Joel 3:17my holy mountain,
so all the nations shall drink continually;
they shall drink and swallow,
and shall be as though they had never been.
17 # [Amos 9:8]; See Joel 2:32 But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,
and it shall be holy,
# [Amos 9:12] and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
18 #
Zech. 12:6; [Isa. 10:17; Jer. 5:14] The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
and the house of Joseph a flame,
and the house of Esau #See Joel 2:5 stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
#
Ezek. 25:14
and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.
The Kingdom of the Lord
19Those of #[Josh. 10:40; Judg. 1:9] the Negeb #[See ver. 17 above] shall possess #ver. 8 Mount Esau,
and those of the Shephelah shall possess #Jer. 17:26 the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of #See Jer. 23:13Samaria,
and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as #1 Kgs. 17:9; [Luke 4:26]Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
21 # [2 Kgs. 13:5; Isa. 19:20; 1 Tim. 4:16; James 5:20] Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion
to rule #[See ver. 19 above] Mount Esau,
and #Ps. 22:28; Dan. 2:44; 7:14, 27; Zech. 14:9; Luke 1:33; 1 Cor. 15:24; Rev. 11:15; 19:6the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
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