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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Obadiah&#8217;s Vision</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The vision of Obadiah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says about Edom&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">We have heard a message from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">An envoy was sent to the nations to say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Rise, let us go against her for battle&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="OBA.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="OBA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will make you small among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="OBA.1.2"><span class="content">you will be utterly despised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="OBA.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The pride of your heart has deceived you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">you who live in the clefts of the rocks</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">of Sela</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">and make your home on the heights,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">you who say to yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">&#8216;Who can bring me down to the ground?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="OBA.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Though you soar like the eagle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">and make your nest among the stars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">from there I will bring you down,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="OBA.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;If thieves came to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">if robbers in the night&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">oh, what a disaster awaits you!&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">would they not steal only as much as they wanted?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">If grape pickers came to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">would they not leave a few grapes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="OBA.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="OBA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But how Esau will be ransacked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="OBA.1.6"><span class="content">his hidden treasures pillaged!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="OBA.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All your allies will force you to the border;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">your friends will deceive and overpower you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">those who eat your bread will set a trap for you,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">but you will not detect it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="OBA.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;will I not destroy the wise men of Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="content">those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="OBA.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="content">and everyone in Esau&#8217;s mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="content">will be cut down in the slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="OBA.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Because of the violence against your brother Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="content">you will be covered with shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="content">you will be destroyed forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="OBA.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On the day you stood aloof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">while strangers carried off his wealth</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">and foreigners entered his gates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">and cast lots for Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">you were like one of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="OBA.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You should not gloat over your brother</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of his misfortune,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">nor rejoice over the people of Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of their destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">nor boast so much</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">in the day of their trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="OBA.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You should not march through the gates of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">in the day of their disaster,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">nor gloat over them in their calamity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">in the day of their disaster,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">nor seize their wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">in the day of their disaster.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="OBA.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">You should not wait at the crossroads</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">to cut down their fugitives,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">nor hand over their survivors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">in the day of their trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="OBA.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;The day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">for all nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">As you have done, it will be done to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">your deeds will return upon your own head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="OBA.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Just as you drank on my holy hill,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">so all the nations will drink continually;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">they will drink and drink</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">and be as if they had never been.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="OBA.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="content">it will be holy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="content">and Jacob will possess his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="OBA.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Jacob will be a fire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">and Joseph a flame;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">Esau will be stubble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">and they will set him on fire and destroy him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">There will be no survivors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">from Esau.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="OBA.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">People from the Negev will occupy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">the mountains of Esau,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">and people from the foothills will possess</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">the land of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">and Benjamin will possess Gilead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="OBA.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">will possess the land as far as Zarephath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">will possess the towns of the Negev.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="OBA.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="OBA.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Deliverers will go up on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from</span></span></span><span class="content"> Mount Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="OBA.1.21"><span class="content">to govern the mountains of Esau.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="OBA.1.21"><span class="content">And the kingdom will be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s.</span></span></div>
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