Obadiah 1
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Edom's Pride and Punishment
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Is 34.5-17; 63.1-6; Jr 49.7-22; Ez 25.12-14; 35.1-15; Am 1.11,12; Ml 1.2-5. The Lord God gave Obadiah
a message#1 message: Or “vision.” about Edom,
and this is what we heard:
“I, the Lord, have sent
a messenger
with orders for the nations
to attack Edom.”
2The Lord said to Edom:
I will make you the weakest
and most despised nation.
3You live in a mountain fortress,#3 mountain fortress: The Hebrew text has “rocky cliff,” which sounds like “Sela,” the capital of Edom, a fortress city built on a mountain.
because your pride
makes you feel safe from attack,
but you are mistaken.
4I will still bring you down,
even if you fly higher
than an eagle
or nest among the stars.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
5If thieves break in at night,
they steal
only what they want.
And people who harvest grapes
always leave some unpicked.
But, Edom, you are doomed!
6Everything you treasure most
will be taken from you.
7Your allies can't be trusted.
They will force you out
of your own country.
And your best friends
will trick and trap you,
even before you know it.
8Edom, when this happens,
I, the Lord, will destroy
all your marvelous wisdom.
9Warriors from the city of Teman#9 Teman: A famous city in Edom.
will be terrified,
and you descendants of Esau#9 descendants of Esau: The people of Edom were descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob (Israel).
will be wiped out.
The Lord Condemns Edom's Cruelty
10You were cruel to your relatives,
the descendants of Jacob.#10 descendants of Jacob: Jacob and Esau were brothers (see the note on Esau at verse 9).
Now you will be destroyed,
disgraced forever.
11You stood there and watched
as foreigners entered Jerusalem
and took what they wanted.
In fact, you were no better
than those foreigners.
12Why did you celebrate
when such a dreadful disaster
struck your relatives?
Why were you so pleased
when everyone in Judah
was suffering?
13They are my people,
and you were cruel to them.
You went through their towns,
sneering and stealing
whatever was left.
14In their time of torment,
you ambushed refugees
and handed them over
to their attackers.
The Lord Will Judge the Nations
15The day is coming
when I, the Lord,
will judge the nations.
And, Edom, you will pay in full
for what you have done.
16I forced the people of Judah#16 I forced … Judah: Or “I will force the people of Edom.”
to drink the wine of my anger
on my sacred mountain.
Soon the neighboring nations
must drink their fill—
then vanish without a trace.
Victory for Israel
17The Lord's people who escape
will go to Mount Zion,
and it will be holy.
Then Jacob's descendants
will capture the land of those
who took their land.
18Israel#18 Israel: Hebrew “The descendants of Jacob and of Joseph.” will be a fire,
and Edom will be straw
going up in flames.
The Lord has spoken!
19The people of Israel
who live in the Southern Desert
will take the land of Edom.
Those who live in the hills
will capture Philistia,
Ephraim, and Samaria.
And the tribe of Benjamin
will conquer Gilead.
20Those who return from captivity
will control Phoenicia
as far as Zarephath.#20 Those who return … Zarephath: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Captives from Jerusalem
who were taken to Sepharad#20 Sepharad: Possibly the city of Sardis, the capital of Lydia, a country north and west of Media. This would refer to those captives from Judah who had been taken beyond the kingdom of Babylonia.
will capture the towns
of the Southern Desert.
21Those the Lord has saved
will live on Mount Zion
and rule over Edom.#21 Those the Lord … Edom: Or “Leaders on (from) Mount Zion will save the people and rule over Edom.”
Then the kingdom will belong
to the Lord.
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Obadiah 1
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Is 34.5–17; 63.1–6; Jer 49.7–22; Ezek 25.12–14; 35.1–15; Amos 1.11–12; Mal 1.2–5 This is the prophecy of Obadiah — what the Sovereign LORD said about the nation of Edom.
The LORD will Punish Edom
The LORD has sent his messenger to the nations,
and we have heard his message:
“Get ready! Let us go to war against Edom!”
2The LORD says to Edom,
“I will make you weak;
everyone will despise you.
3Your pride has deceived you.
Your capital is a fortress of solid rock;
your home is high in the mountains,
and so you say to yourself,
‘Who can ever pull me down?’
4Even though you make your home
as high as an eagle's nest,
so that it seems to be among the stars,
yet I will pull you down.
5“When thieves come at night,
they take only what they want.
When people gather grapes,
they always leave a few.
But your enemies have wiped you out completely.
6Descendants of Esau, your treasures have been looted.
7Your allies have deceived you;
they have driven you from your country.
People who were at peace with you have now conquered you.
Those friends who ate with you have laid a trap for you;
they say of you, ‘Where is all that cleverness he had?’
8“On the day I punish Edom,
I will destroy their clever men
and wipe out all their wisdom.
9The fighting men of Teman will be terrified,
and every soldier in Edom will be killed.
Reasons for Edom's Punishment
10“Because you robbed and killed
your brothers,#1.10 your brothers: The Israelites were descended from Jacob, who was the brother of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites. the descendants of Jacob,
you will be destroyed and dishonoured for ever.
11You stood aside on that day
when enemies broke down their gates.
You were as bad as those strangers
who carried off Jerusalem's wealth
and divided it among themselves.
12You should not have gloated
over the misfortune of your brothers in Judah.
You should not have been glad
on the day of their ruin.
You should not have laughed at them
in their distress.
13You should not have entered the city of my people
to gloat over their suffering
and to seize their riches
on the day of their disaster.
14You should not have stood at the crossroads
to catch those trying to escape.
You should not have handed them over to the enemy
on the day of their distress.
God will Judge the Nations
15“The day is near when I, the LORD,
will judge all nations.
Edom, what you have done
will be done to you.
You will get back what you have given.
16My people have drunk a bitter cup of punishment
on my sacred hill.#1.16 sacred hill: Mount Zion (see Zion in Word List).
But all the surrounding nations will drink
a still more bitter cup of punishment;
they will drink it all and vanish away.
The Victory of Israel
17“But on Mount Zion some will escape,
and it will be a sacred place.
The people of Jacob will possess
the land that is theirs by right.
18The people of Jacob and of Joseph will be like fire;
they will destroy the people of Esau
as fire burns stubble.
No descendant of Esau will survive.
I, the LORD, have spoken.
19“People from southern Judah will occupy Edom;
those from the western foothills will capture Philistia;
Israelites will possess the territory of Ephraim and Samaria;
the people of Benjamin will take Gilead.
20The army of exiles from northern Israel
will return and conquer Phoenicia
as far north as Zarephath.
The exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sardis
will capture the towns of southern Judah.
21The victorious men of Jerusalem
will attack Edom and rule over it.
And the LORD himself will be King.”
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