Obadiah 1
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Edom Will Be Punished
1This is the vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom:
We heard a report from the Lord.
A messenger was sent to the nations.
He said, “Let’s go fight against Edom.”
The Lord Speaks to Edom
2“Edom, I will make you the smallest nation.
Everyone will hate you very much.
3Your pride has fooled you.
You live in those caves high on the cliff.
Your home is high in the hills.
So you say to yourself,
‘No one can bring me to the ground.’”
Edom Will Be Brought Low
4This is what the Lord says:
“Even though you fly high like the eagle
and put your nest among the stars,
I will bring you down from there.
5You really will be ruined!
Thieves will come to you.
Robbers will come in the night,
and they will take all they want.
When workers gather grapes in your vineyards,
they will leave a few grapes behind.
6But the enemy will search hard for Esau’s hidden treasures,
and they will find them all.
7All those who are your friends
will force you out of the land.
Those who were at peace with you will trick you,
and they will defeat you.
The soldiers who fought by your side
are planning a trap for you.
They say, ‘He doesn’t expect a thing!’”
8The Lord says, “On that day
I will destroy the wise people from Edom.
I will destroy the intelligent people from the mountain of Esau.#1:8 mountain of Esau That is, Mount Seir.
9Teman, your brave soldiers will be afraid.
Everyone will be destroyed from the mountain of Esau.
Many people will be killed.
10You will be covered with shame
because you were very cruel to your brother Jacob.
So you will be destroyed completely.
11You joined the enemies of Israel.
Strangers carried Israel’s treasures away.
Foreigners entered Israel’s city gate.
They threw lots to decide what part of Jerusalem they would get.
And you were right there with them, waiting to get your share.
12You should not have laughed#1:12 laughed Literally, “looked.” Also in verse 13.
at your brother’s trouble.
You should not have been happy
when they destroyed Judah.
You should not have bragged#1:12 bragged Literally, “made your mouth big.”
at the time of their trouble.
13You should not have entered the city gate of my people
and laughed at their problems.
You should not have taken their treasures
in the time of their trouble.
14You should not have stood where the roads cross
and destroyed those who were trying to escape.
You should not have captured those who escaped alive.
15The Day of the Lord is coming soon
to all the nations.
And the evil you did to others will happen to you.
The same bad things will fall down on your own head.
16You spilled#1:16 spilled Literally, “drank.” blood on my holy mountain,#1:16 holy mountain One of the mountains Jerusalem was built on. Sometimes Zion is used to mean Jerusalem itself. Also in verses 17, 21.
so other nations will spill your blood.#1:16 spill your blood Literally, “drink and swallow.”
You will be finished.
It will be as if you never existed.
17But there will be survivors on Mount Zion.
They will be my special people.
The nation of Jacob#1:17 nation of Jacob Literally, “the house of Jacob.” This could mean the people of Israel or only its leaders. will take back
what belongs to it.
18The family of Jacob will be like a fire.
The nation of Joseph will be like a flame.
But the nation of Esau#1:18 nation of Esau Literally, “the house of Esau.” will be like ashes.
The people of Judah will burn Edom,
and they will destroy it.
Then there will be no survivors in the nation of Esau.”
This will happen because the Lord said it would.
19Then people from the Negev will live on the mountain of Esau.
And people from the foothills will take the Philistine lands.
They will live in the land of Ephraim and Samaria.
Gilead will belong to Benjamin.
20People from Israel were forced to leave their homes,
but they will take back the land of Canaan, all the way to Zarephath.
People from Judah were forced to leave Jerusalem and live in Sepharad.#1:20 Sepharad This is probably Spain.
But they will take back the cities of the Negev.
21The winners#1:21 winners Or “saviors.” Those who led their people to victory in war. will go up on Mount Zion
to rule the people who live on Esau’s mountain.
And the kingdom will belong to the Lord.
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Obadiah 1
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1The vision of Obadiah.
Edom’s Certain Judgment
This is what the Lord God has said about Edom: # Gn 25:30; Ps 137:7; Is 21:11-12; 34:1-17; 63:1-6; Ezk 25:12-14; Am 1:11-12; Mal 1:2-5
We have heard a message from the Lord; # Jr 49:14-16
a messenger has been sent # Is 18:2; 30:4 among the nations:
“Rise up, # Jr 6:4-5 and let us go to war against her.” # = Edom
2Look, I will make you insignificant # Nm 24:18; Is 23:9
among the nations;
you will be deeply despised.
3Your presumptuous heart has deceived you, # Is 16:6
you who live in clefts of the rock # Or in Sela ; probably = Petra # Probably Petra # 2Kg 14:7; 2Ch 25:12
in your home on the heights,
who say to yourself,
“Who can bring me down to the ground? ” # Is 14:13-15
4Though you seem to soar # Or to build high like an eagle # Jb 20:6-7; Hab 2:9
and make your nest among the stars, # Is 14:12-15
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
5If thieves came to you, # Jr 49:9
if marauders by night —
how ravaged you would be! —
wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
wouldn’t they leave some grapes? # Lv 19:10; 25:5,11
6How Esau will be pillaged, # Jr 49:10
his hidden treasures searched out! # Mal 1:2-3
7Everyone who has a treaty with you # Ps 55:20; Jr 30:14; Am 1:9
will drive you to the border;
everyone at peace with you
will deceive and conquer you.
Those who eat your bread # Ps 41:9
will set # Some LXX mss, Sym, Tg, Vg; MT reads They will set your bread as a trap for you.
He will be unaware of it. # Jr 49:7
8In that day —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
will I not eliminate the wise ones of Edom # Jb 4:1; 5:12-14
and those who understand
from the hill country of Esau?
9Teman, # = a region or city in Edom # Gn 36:11; 1Ch 1:45; Jb 2:11; Hab 3:3 your warriors # Jr 49:22 will be terrified
so that everyone from the hill country of Esau
will be destroyed by slaughter. # Is 34:5-8; 63:1-3; Jr 49:7,20; Ezk 25:13; Am 1:12; Ob 5
Edom’s Sins against Judah
10You will be covered with shame
and destroyed forever
because of violence done to your brother Jacob. # Ezk 25:12-14; Jl 3:19; Am 1:11
11On the day you stood aloof, # Ps 83:5-6; 137:7; Am 1:6,9
on the day strangers captured his wealth, # Or forces
while foreigners entered his gate
and cast lots for Jerusalem, # Jl 3:3; Nah 3:10
you were just like one of them. # 2Ch 21:17; Ezk 35:10
12Do not # Or You should not throughout vv. 12-14 gloat over your brother # Mc 4:11; 7:10
in the day of his calamity;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah # Ps 83:1-6; 137:7-9; Lm 4:21-22; Ezk 35:15; 36:5
in the day of their destruction;
do not boastfully mock # Lit not make your mouth big # Ps 31:18; Ezk 35:12
in the day of distress. # Gn 35:3; Ps 50:15; Jr 16:19
13Do not enter the gate of My people
in the day of their disaster. # Ezk 35:5
Yes, you — do not gloat over their misery
in the day of their disaster
and do not appropriate their possessions # Ezk 35:10; 36:2-3
in the day of their disaster.
14Do not stand at the crossroads # Hb obscure # Is 16:3-4
to cut off their fugitives,
and do not hand over their survivors
in the day of distress.
Judgment of the Nations
15For the Day of the Lord # Jl 1:15; 2:1,11,31; Am 5:18,20 is near,
against all the nations. # Is 13:6; Jl 3:14; Zph 1:7,14
As you have done, # Jr 50:29; 51:56 so it will be done to you;
what you deserve will return on your own head. # Jr 50:15; Ezk 35:11
16As you have drunk on My holy mountain, # Jr 49:12
so all the nations will drink continually. # Is 51:22-23
They will drink and gulp down
and be as though they had never been.
17But there will be a deliverance on Mount Zion, # Is 4:2-3
and it will be holy; # Is 66:20; Jl 2:32
the house of Jacob will dispossess # Is 14:1-2; Am 9:11-15
those who dispossessed them. # DSS, LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg; MT reads Jacob will possess its inheritance # Ezk 36:2-5
18Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, # Is 5:24; 9:18-19; Am 1:12; Zch 12:6
and the house of Joseph, a burning flame,
but the house of Esau will be stubble;
Jacob # Lit they will set them on fire and consume Edom. # Lit them
Therefore no survivor will remain # Jr 11:23
of the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.
Future Blessing for Israel
19People from the Negev will possess # Is 11:14
the hill country of Esau; # Am 9:11-12
those from the Judean foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines. # Is 11:14
They # = The house of Jacob will possess
the territories of Ephraim and Samaria, # Jr 31:5; 32:44
while Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20The exiles of the Israelites who are in Halah # Or of this host of the Israelites ; Hb obscure
and who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath # 1Kg 17:9-10; Lk 4:26
as well as the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will possess the cities of the Negev. # Jr 32:44; 33:13
21Saviors # Or Those who have been delivered will ascend Mount Zion # Neh 9:27; Is 4:5; 18:7; 24:23; Dn 2:44; Mc 4:7
to rule over the hill country of Esau,
but the kingdom will be the Lord’s. # Ps 22:28; 47:7-9; 67:4; Zch 14:9
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