Obadiah 1:1-9, Obadiah 1:15-19 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Obadiah 1:1-9

Edom Will Be Brought Down

The vision of Obadiah. Thus says Lord ¹Yahweh concerning ^aEdom—

^bWe have heard a report from Yahweh,

And an ^cenvoy has been sent among the nations saying,

“^dArise! And let us arise against her for battle”—

“Behold, I will make you ^asmall among the nations;

You are greatly despised.

The ^aarrogance of your heart has deceived you,

You who dwell in the clefts of ¹the ^bcliff,

In the height of your habitation,

Who says in his heart,

‘^cWho will bring me down to earth?’

Though you ^abuild loftily like the eagle,

Though you set your nest among the ^bstars,

From there I will bring you down,” declares Yahweh.

“If ^athieves came to you,

If ¹robbers by night—

Oh how you will be ruined!—

Would they not thieve only ²until they had enough?

If grape gatherers came to you,

^bWould they not allow some gleanings to remain?

Oh how Esau will be ^asearched out

And his hidden treasures ransacked!

All the ^amen who have ¹a covenant with you

Will send you forth to the border,

And the men at peace with you

Will deceive you and overpower you.

They who eat your ^bbread

Will set an ambush for you.

(There is ^cno discernment ²in him.)

Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh,

“^aCause the wise men to perish from Edom

And discernment from the mountain of Esau?

Then your ^amighty men will be dismayed, O ^bTeman,

So that each one may be ^ccut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

Obadiah 1:15-19

The Day of Yahweh Is Near

“For the ^aday of Yahweh draws near on all the nations.

^bAs you have done, it will be done to you.

Your ^cdealings will return on your own head.

Because just as you all ^adrank on ^bMy holy mountain,

All the nations ^cwill drink continually.

They will drink and ¹swallow,

And they will be as if they never were.

But on Mount ^aZion there will be those who escape,

And it will be holy.

And the house of Jacob will ^bpossess their possessions.

Then the house of Jacob will be a ^afire

And the house of Joseph a flame;

But the house of Esau will be as stubble.

And they will set ¹them on fire and consume ¹them

So that there will be ^bno survivor of the house of Esau,”

For Yahweh has spoken.

The Kingdom of Yahweh

Then those of the ¹Negev will ^apossess the mountain of Esau,

And those of the ²Shephelah, the ^bPhilistine plain;

And they will ^cpossess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,

And Benjamin will possess Gilead.