Obadiah 1

1 ♥ 📝 T he vision^H2377 of Obadiah.^H5662 Thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 Jehovah^H3069 concerning Edom:^H123 We have heard^H8085 tidings^H8052 from Jehovah,^H3068 and an ambassador^H6735 is sent^H7971 among the nations,^H1471 [saying], Arise^H6965 ye, and let us rise up^H6965 against her in battle.^H4421

2 ♥ 📝 Behold, I have made^H5414 thee small^H6996 among the nations:^H1471 thou art greatly^H3966 despised.^H959

3 ♥ 📝 The pride^H2087 of thy heart^H3820 hath deceived^H5377 thee, O thou that dwellest^H7931 in the clefts^H2288 of the rock,^H5553 whose habitation^H3427 is high;^H4791 that saith^H559 in his heart,^H3820 Who shall bring me down^H3381 to the ground?^H776

4 ♥ 📝 Though thou mount on high^H1361 as the eagle,^H5404 and though thy nest^H7064 be set^H7760 among the stars,^H3556 I will bring thee down^H3381 from thence, saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

5 ♥ 📝 If thieves^H1590 came^H935 to thee, if robbers^H7703 by night^H3915 (how art thou cut off!),^H1820 would they not steal^H1589 [only] till they had enough?^H1767 if grape-gatherers^H1219 came^H935 to thee, would they not leave^H7604 some gleaning grapes?^H5955

6 ♥ 📝 How are [the things of] Esau^H6215 searched!^H2664 how are his hidden^H4710 treasures sought out!^H2664

7 ♥ 📝 All the men^H582 of thy confederacy^H1285 have brought^H7971 thee on thy way, even to the border:^H1366 the men^H582 that were at peace^H7965 with thee have deceived^H5377 thee, and prevailed^H3201 against thee; [they that eat] thy bread^H3899 lay^H7760 a snare^H4204 under thee: there is no understanding^H8394 in him.

8 ♥ 📝 Shall I not in that day,^H3117 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 destroy^H6 the wise^H2450 men out of Edom,^H123 and understanding^H8394 out of the mount^H2022 of Esau?^H6215

9 ♥ 📝 And thy mighty^H1368 men, O Teman,^H8487 shall be dismayed,^H2865 to the end that every one^H376 may be cut off^H3772 from the mount^H2022 of Esau^H6215 by slaughter.^H6993

10 ♥ 📝 For the violence^H2555 done to thy brother^H251 Jacob,^H3290 shame^H955 shall cover^H3680 thee, and thou shalt be cut off^H3772 for ever.^H5769

11 ♥ 📝 In the day^H3117 that thou stoodest^H5975 on the other side, in the day^H3117 that strangers^H2114 carried^H7617 away his substance,^H2428 and foreigners^H5237 entered^H935 into his gates,^H8179 and cast^H3032 lots^H1486 upon Jerusalem,^H3389 even thou wast as one^H259 of them.

12 ♥ 📝 But look^H7200 not thou on the day^H3117 of thy brother^H251 in the day^H3117 of his disaster,^H5235 and rejoice^H8055 not over the children^H1121 of Judah^H3063 in the day^H3117 of their destruction;^H6 neither speak^H6310 proudly^H1431 in the day^H3117 of distress.^H6869

13 ♥ 📝 Enter^H935 not into the gate^H8179 of my people^H5971 in the day^H3117 of their calamity;^H343 yea, look^H7200 not thou on their affliction^H7451 in the day^H3117 of their calamity,^H343 neither lay^H7971 ye hands on their substance^H2428 in the day^H3117 of their calamity.^H343

14 ♥ 📝 And stand^H5975 thou not in the crossway,^H6563 to cut off^H3772 those of his that escape;^H6412 and deliver not up^H5462 those of his that remain^H8300 in the day^H3117 of distress.^H6869

15 ♥ 📝 For the day^H3117 of Jehovah^H3068 is near^H7138 upon all the nations:^H1471 as thou hast done,^H6213 it shall be done^H6213 unto thee; thy dealing^H1576 shall return^H7725 upon thine own head.^H7218

16 ♥ 📝 For as ye have drunk^H8354 upon my holy^H6944 mountain,^H2022 so shall all the nations^H1471 drink^H8354 continually;^H8548 yea, they shall drink,^H8354 and swallow down,^H3886 and shall be as though they had not^H3808 been.

17 ♥ 📝 But in mount^H2022 Zion^H6726 there shall be those that escape,^H6413 and it shall be holy;^H6944 and the house^H1004 of Jacob^H3290 shall possess^H3423 their possessions.^H4180

18 ♥ 📝 And the house^H1004 of Jacob^H3290 shall be a fire,^H784 and the house^H1004 of Joseph^H3130 a flame,^H3852 and the house^H1004 of Esau^H6215 for stubble,^H7179 and they shall burn^H1814 among them, and devour^H398 them; and there shall not be any remaining^H8300 to the house^H1004 of Esau;^H6215 for Jehovah^H3068 hath spoken^H1696 it.

19 ♥ 📝 And they of the South^H5045 shall possess^H3423 the mount^H2022 of Esau,^H6215 and they of the lowland^H8219 the Philistines;^H6430 and they shall possess^H3423 the field^H7704 of Ephraim,^H669 and the field^H7704 of Samaria;^H8111 and Benjamin^H1144 [shall possess] Gilead.^H1568

20 ♥ 📝 And the captives^H1546 of this host^H2426 of the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 that are [among] the Canaanites,^H3669 [shall possess] even unto Zarephath;^H6886 and the captives^H1546 of Jerusalem,^H3389 that are in Sepharad,^H5614 shall possess^H3423 the cities^H5892 of the South.^H5045

21 ♥ 📝 And saviours^H3467 shall come up^H5927 on mount^H2022 Zion^H6726 to judge^H8199 the mount^H2022 of Esau;^H6215 and the kingdom^H4410 shall be Jehovah's.^H3068