1The vision of Obadiah.
Edom’s Certain Judgment
This is what the Lord God has said about Edom:1 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
We have heard a message from the Lord;1–4 Jr 49:14–16
“Rise up,1 Jr 6:4–5 and let’s go to war against her.”1 = Edom
among the nations;
you will be deeply despised.
you who live in clefts of the rock3 Or in Sela; probably = Petra3 Probably Petra3 2Kg 14:7; 2Ch 25:12
in your home on the heights,
who say to yourself,
“Who can bring me down to the ground?” 3 Is 14:13–15
and make your nest among the stars,4 Is 14:12–15
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
if marauders by night —
how ravaged you would be! —
wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?
If grape harvesters came to you,
his hidden treasures searched out!6 Mal 1:2–3
will drive you to the border;
everyone at peace with you
will deceive and conquer you.
Those who eat your bread7 Ps 41:9
will set7 Some LXX mss, Sym, Tg, Vg; MT reads They will set your bread as a trap for you.
He will be unaware of it.7 Jr 49:7
8In that day —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
and those who understand
from the hill country of Esau?
so that everyone from the hill country of Esau
Edom’s Sins against Judah
10You will be covered with shame
and destroyed forever
because of violence done to your brother Jacob.10 Ezk 25:12–14; Jl 3:19; Am 1:11
on the day strangers captured his wealth,11 Or forces
while foreigners entered his city gate
in the day of his calamity;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah12 Ps 83:1–6; 137:7–9; Lm 4:21–22; Ezk 35:15; 36:5
in the day of their destruction;
13Do not enter my people’s city gate
in the day of their disaster.13 Ezk 35:5
Yes, you — do not gloat over their misery
in the day of their disaster,
in the day of their disaster.
to cut off their fugitives,
and do not hand over their survivors
in the day of distress.
Judgment of the Nations
so all the nations will drink continually.16 Is 51:22–23
They will drink and gulp down
and be as though they had never been.
the house of Jacob will dispossess17 Is 14:1–2; Am 9:11–15
those who dispossessed them.17 DSS, LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg; MT reads Jacob will possess its inheritance17 Ezk 36:2–5
and the house of Joseph, a burning flame,
but the house of Esau will be stubble;
Jacob18 Lit they will set them on fire and consume Edom.18 Lit them
Therefore no survivor will remain18 Jr 11:23
of the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.
Future Blessing for Israel
the hill country of Esau;19 Am 9:11–12
those from the Judean foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines.19 Is 11:14
They19 = The house of Jacob will possess
while Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20The exiles of the Israelites who are in Halah20 Or of this host of the Israelites; Hb obscure
and who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath20 1Kg 17:9–10; Lk 4:26
as well as the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
to rule over the hill country of Esau,
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