“1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We
have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the
heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. 2 Behold, I
have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 3 The
pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the
clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart,
Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou exalt [thyself] as
the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I
bring thee down, saith the LORD. 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers
by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they
had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave
[some] grapes? 6 How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are
his hidden things sought up! 7 All the men of thy confederacy have
brought thee [even] to the border: the men that were at peace with thee
have deceived thee, [and] prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy
bread have laid a wound under thee: [there is] none understanding in
him. 8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise
[men] out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 9 And thy
mighty [men], O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of
the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.”
“10 For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou
stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away
captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots
upon Jerusalem, even thou [wast] as one of them. 12 But thou shouldest
not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a
stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of
Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have
spoken proudly in the day of distress. 13 Thou shouldest not have
entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea,
thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their
calamity, nor have laid [hands] on their substance in the day of their
calamity; 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut
off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered
up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 15 For the day
of the LORD [is] near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall
be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 16 For
as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, [so] shall all the heathen drink
continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and
they shall be as though they had not been.”
“17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be
holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 And
the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and
the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour
them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for
the LORD hath spoken [it]. 19 And [they of] the south shall possess the
mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall
possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin
[shall possess] Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this host of the
children of Israel [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] unto
Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall
possess the cities of the south. 21 And saviours shall come up on mount
Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.”
(Obadiah 1:1-21 AV)