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\v 1 The vision of Obadiah.
\s1 Edom’s Certain Judgment
\m This is what the Lord \nd God\nd* has said about Edom:~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 1 \ft \+xt 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\+xt*\f*
\q We have heard a~message from~the~\nd Lord\nd*;~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 1–4 \ft \+xt Jr 49:14–16\+xt*\f*
\q an envoy has~been~sent~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 1 \ft \+xt Is 18:2; 30:4\+xt*\f* among~the~nations:
\q “Rise up,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 1 \ft \+xt Jr 6:4–5\+xt*\f* and~let’s go~to~war against~her.”~\f + \cat (III)\cat* \fr 1 \ft = Edom\f*
\q1
\v 2 Look, I will make you~insignificant~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 2 \ft \+xt Nm 24:18; Is 23:9\+xt*\f*
\q among the nations;
\q you will be deeply~despised.
\q1
\v 3 Your arrogant heart has~deceived~you,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 3 \ft \+xt Is 16:6\+xt*\f*
\q you who live in~clefts of~the~rock~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 3 \ft Or \fqa in Sela\ft ; probably = Petra\f*\sup ,\sup*\f + \cat (III)\cat* \fr 3 \ft Probably Petra\f*\sup ,\sup*\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 3 \ft \+xt 2Kg 14:7; 2Ch 25:12\+xt*\f*
\q in your home on~the~heights,
\q who say to~yourself,
\q “Who can bring~me~down to~the~ground?~”~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 3 \ft \+xt Is 14:13–15\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 4 Though you seem to~soar~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 4 \ft Or \fqa to build high\f* like~an~eagle~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 4 \ft \+xt Jb 20:6–7; Hab 2:9\+xt*\f*
\q and make your~nest among~the~stars,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 4 \ft \+xt Is 14:12–15\+xt*\f*
\q even from there I~will bring~you~down.
\qm This is the~\nd Lord\nd*’s~declaration.
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\q1
\v 5 If thieves came to~you,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 5 \ft \+xt Jr 49:9\+xt*\f*
\q if marauders by~night~—
\q how ravaged you~would~be!~—
\q wouldn’t they steal only what~they~wanted?
\q If grape harvesters came to~you,
\q wouldn’t they leave a~few~grapes?~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 5 \ft \+xt Lv 19:10; 25:5,11\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 6 How Esau will~be~pillaged,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 6 \ft \+xt Jr 49:10\+xt*\f*
\q his hidden treasures searched~out!~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 6 \ft \+xt Mal 1:2–3\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 7 Everyone who has a~treaty with~you~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 7 \ft \+xt Ps 55:20; Jr 30:14; Am 1:9\+xt*\f*
\q will drive you to~the~border;
\q everyone at peace with~you
\q will deceive and~conquer~you.
\q Those who eat your~bread~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 7 \ft \+xt Ps 41:9\+xt*\f*
\q will set~\f + \cat (I)\cat* \fr 7 \ft Some LXX mss, Sym, Tg, Vg; MT reads \fqa They will set your bread as\f* a~trap for~you.
\q He will be unaware of~it.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 7 \ft \+xt Jr 49:7\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 8 In that day~—
\qm this is the~\nd Lord\nd*’s~declaration~—
\q will I not eliminate the~wise~ones of~Edom~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 8 \ft \+xt Jb 4:1; 5:12–14\+xt*\f*
\q and those who~understand
\q from the hill country of~Esau?
\q1
\v 9 Teman,~\f + \cat (III)\cat* \fr 9 \ft = a region or city in Edom\f*\sup ,\sup*\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 9 \ft \+xt Gn 36:11; 1Ch 1:45; Jb 2:11; Hab 3:3\+xt*\f* your warriors~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 9 \ft \+xt Jr 49:22\+xt*\f* will~be~terrified
\q so that everyone from~the~hill~country~of~Esau
\q will be destroyed by~slaughter.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 9 \ft \+xt Is 34:5–8; 63:1–3; Jr 49:7,20; Ezk 25:13; Am 1:12; Ob 5\+xt*\f*
\s1 Edom’s Sins against Judah
\q1
\v 10 You will be covered with~shame
\q and destroyed~forever
\q because of violence done to~your~brother~Jacob.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 10 \ft \+xt Ezk 25:12–14; Jl 3:19; Am 1:11\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 11 On the day you stood~aloof,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 11 \ft \+xt Ps 83:5–6; 137:7; Am 1:6,9\+xt*\f*
\q on the day strangers captured his~wealth,~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 11 \ft Or \fqa forces\f*
\q while foreigners entered his~city gate
\q and cast lots for~Jerusalem,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 11 \ft \+xt Jl 3:3; Nah 3:10\+xt*\f*
\q you were just like~one of~them.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 11 \ft \+xt 2Ch 21:17; Ezk 35:10\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 12 Do not~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 12–14 \ft Or \fqa You should not \ft throughout vv.~12–14\f* gloat~over your~brother~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 12 \ft \+xt Mc 4:11; 7:10\+xt*\f*
\q in the day of~his~calamity;
\q do not rejoice over~the~people of~Judah~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 12 \ft \+xt Ps 83:1–6; 137:7–9; Lm 4:21–22; Ezk 35:15; 36:5\+xt*\f*
\q in the day of~their~destruction;
\q do not boastfully~mock~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 12 \ft Lit \fqa not make your mouth big\f*\sup ,\sup*\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 12 \ft \+xt Ps 31:18; Ezk 35:12\+xt*\f*
\q in the day of~distress.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 12 \ft \+xt Gn 35:3; Ps 50:15; Jr 16:19\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 13 Do not enter my people’s~city~gate
\q in the day of~their~disaster.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 13 \ft \+xt Ezk 35:5\+xt*\f*
\q Yes, you~#—~#do not gloat over~their~misery
\q in the day of~their~disaster,
\q and do not appropriate their~possessions~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 13 \ft \+xt Ezk 35:10; 36:2–3\+xt*\f*
\q in the day of~their~disaster.
\q1
\v 14 Do not stand at~the~crossroads~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 14 \ft Hb obscure\f*\sup ,\sup*\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 14 \ft \+xt Is 16:3–4\+xt*\f*
\q to cut off their~fugitives,
\q and do not hand over their~survivors
\q in the day of~distress.
\s1 Judgment of the Nations
\q1
\v 15 For the day of~the~\nd Lord\nd*~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 15 \ft \+xt Jl 1:15; 2:1,11,31; Am 5:18,20\+xt*\f* is~near,
\q against all the~nations.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 15 \ft \+xt Is 13:6; Jl 3:14; Zph 1:7,14\+xt*\f*
\q As you have done,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 15 \ft \+xt Jr 50:29; 51:56\+xt*\f* it~will~be done to~you;
\q what you deserve will~return on~your~own~head.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 15 \ft \+xt Jr 50:15; Ezk 35:11\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 16 As you have drunk on~my~holy~mountain,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 16 \ft \+xt Jr 49:12\+xt*\f*
\q so all the nations will drink~continually.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 16 \ft \+xt Is 51:22–23\+xt*\f*
\q They will drink and gulp~down
\q and be as~though they~had never~been.
\q1
\v 17 But there~will~be a~deliverance on~Mount~Zion,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 17 \ft \+xt Is 4:2–3\+xt*\f*
\q and it will be holy;~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 16–17 \ft \+xt Is 66:20; Jl 2:32\+xt*\f*
\q the house of Jacob will~dispossess~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 17 \ft \+xt Is 14:1–2; Am 9:11–15\+xt*\f*
\q those who dispossessed~them.~\f + \cat (I)\cat* \fr 17 \ft DSS, LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg; MT reads \fqa Jacob will possess its inheritance\f*\sup ,\sup*\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 17 \ft \+xt Ezk 36:2–5\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 18 Then the house of~Jacob will~be a~blazing~fire,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 18 \ft \+xt Is 5:24; 9:18–19; Am 1:12; Zch 12:6\+xt*\f*
\q and the house of~Joseph, a~burning~flame,
\q but the house of~Esau will~be~stubble;
\q Jacob~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 18 \ft Lit \fqa they\f* will set them on~fire and~consume~Edom.~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 18 \ft Lit \fqa them\f*
\q Therefore no survivor will~remain~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 18 \ft \+xt Jr 11:23\+xt*\f*
\q of the house of~Esau,
\q for the \nd Lord\nd* has~spoken.
\s1 Future Blessing for Israel
\q1
\v 19 People from the~Negev will~possess~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 19 \ft \+xt Is 11:14\+xt*\f*
\q the hill country of~Esau;~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 19 \ft \+xt Am 9:11–12\+xt*\f*
\q those from the Judean foothills will~possess
\q the land of the~Philistines.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 19 \ft \+xt Is 11:14\+xt*\f*
\q They~\f + \cat (III)\cat* \fr 19 \ft = The house of Jacob\f* will~possess
\q the territories of Ephraim and~Samaria,~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 19 \ft \+xt Jr 31:5; 32:44\+xt*\f*
\q while Benjamin will~possess~Gilead.
\q1
\v 20 The exiles of~the~Israelites who~are in~Halah~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 20 \ft Or \fqa of this host of the Israelites\ft ; Hb obscure\f*
\q and who are among the~Canaanites as~far~as~Zarephath~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 20 \ft \+xt 1Kg 17:9–10; Lk 4:26\+xt*\f*
\q as well as the exiles of~Jerusalem who~are in~Sepharad
\q will possess the~cities of~the~Negev.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 20 \ft \+xt Jr 32:44; 33:13\+xt*\f*
\q1
\v 21 Saviors~\f + \cat (II)\cat* \fr 21 \ft Or \fqa Those who have been delivered\f* will~ascend Mount~Zion~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 21 \ft \+xt Neh 9:27; Is 4:5; 18:7; 24:23; Dn 2:44; Mc 4:7\+xt*\f*
\q to rule over~the~hill~country of~Esau,
\q and the kingdom will~be the~\nd Lord\nd*’s.~\f + \cat (IV)\cat* \fr 21 \ft \+xt Ps 22:28; 47:7–9; 67:4; Zch 14:9\+xt*\f*
