The vision of Obadiah.This is what the Lord 1GOD says concerning aEdom—bWe have heard a report from the LORD,And a cmessenger has been sent among the nations saying,“dArise, and let’s go up against her for battle”—Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORDPs 137:7; Is 21:11, 12; 34:1-17; 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:15; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11, 12; Mal 1:4Jer 49:14-16; Obad 1-4Is 18:2; 30:4Jer 6:4, 5
2 “Behold, I will make you asmall among the nations;You are greatly despised.Num 24:18; Is 23:93 “The aarrogance of your heart has deceived you,The one who lives in the clefts of 1the brock,On the height of his dwelling place,Who says in his heart,‘cWho will bring me down to earth?’Or SelaIs 16:6; Jer 49:162 Kin 14:7; 2 Chr 25:11fIs 14:13-15; Rev 18:74 “Though you amake your home high like the eagle,Though you set your nest among the bstars,From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.Job 20:6, 7; Hab 2:9Is 14:12-155 “If athieves came to you,If 1robbers by night—Oh how you will be ruined!—Would they not steal only 2until they had enough?If grape-pickers came to you,bWould they not leave some gleanings?Lit devastators of the nightLit their sufficiencyJer 49:9Deut 24:216 “Oh how Esau will be asearched,And his hidden treasures searched out!Jer 49:107 “All the apeople 1allied with youWill send you to the border,And the people at peace with youWill deceive you and overpower you.They who eat your bbreadWill set an ambush for you.(There is cno understanding 2in him.)Lit of your covenantI.e., in Esau; or of itJer 30:14Ps 41:9Is 19:11; Jer 49:78 “Will I not on that day,” declares the LORD,“aEliminate wise men from Edom,And understanding from the mountain of Esau?Job 5:12-14; Is 29:149 “Then your awarriors will be filled with terror, bTeman,So that everyone will be celiminated from the mountain of Esau by murder.Jer 49:22Gen 36:11; 1 Chr 1:45; Job 2:11; Jer 49:7; Ezek 25:13; Amos 1:12; Hab 3:3Is 34:5-8; 63:1-3; Obad 5 10 “Because of aviolence to your brother Jacob,Shame will cover you,bAnd you will be eliminated forever.Gen 27:41; Ezek 25:12; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11Ezek 35:911 “On the day that you astood aloof,On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,And foreigners entered his gateAnd bcast lots for Jerusalem—cYou too were as one of them.Ps 83:5, 6; 137:7; Amos 1:6, 9Joel 3:3; Nah 3:10Ezek 35:1012 “aDo not 1gloat over your brother’s day,The day of his misfortune.And bdo not rejoice over the sons of JudahOn the day of their destruction;Yes, cdo not 2boastOn the day of their distress.Lit look onLit make your mouth largeMic 4:11; 7:10Prov 17:5; Ezek 35:15; 36:5Ps 31:18; Ezek 35:1213 “Do not enter the gate of My peopleOn the aday of their disaster.You indeed, do not 1gloat over their catastropheOn the day of their disaster.And do not blay a hand on their wealthOn the day of their disaster.Lit look atEzek 35:5Ezek 35:10; 36:2, 314 “Do not astand at the crossroadsTo eliminate their survivors;And do not hand over their refugeesOn the day of their distress.Is 16:3, 4