Dual Panel1The vision <02377> that Obadiah <05662> saw. The Lord <03068> God <0136> says <0559> this <03541> concerning Edom <0123>: We have heard <08085> a report <08052> from the Lord <03069>. An envoy <06735> was sent <07971> among the nations <01471>, saying, “Arise <06965>! Let us make <06965> war <04421> against <05921> Edom!”
2The Lord says, “Look <02009>! I will make <05414> you a weak <06996> nation <01471>; you <0859> will be greatly <03966> despised <0959>!
3Your presumptuous <02087> heart <03820> has deceived <05377> you– you who reside <07931> in the safety <02288> of the rocky cliffs <05553>, whose home is high <04791> in the mountains. You think <03820> to yourself, ‘No one <04310> can bring <03381> me down <03381> to the ground <0776>!’
4Even if <0518> you were to soar high <01361> like an eagle <05404>, even if <0518> you were to make <07760> your nest <07064> among <0996> the stars <03556>, I can bring <03381> you down <03381> even from there <08033>!” says <05002> the Lord <03068>.
5“If <0518> thieves <01590> came <0935> to rob <07703> you during the night <03915>, they would steal <01589> only as much as they wanted <01767>! If <0518> grape pickers <01219> came <0935> to harvest your vineyards, they would leave <07604> some <05955> behind for the poor <05955>! But <0349> you will be totally destroyed <01820>!
6How <0349> the people of Esau <06215> will be thoroughly plundered <02664>! Their hidden valuables <04710> will be ransacked <01158>!
7All <03605> your allies <01285> <0582> will force <07971> you from your homeland <01366> <05704>! Your treaty partners <07965> <0582> will deceive <05377> you and overpower <03201> you. Your trusted friends will set <07760> an ambush <04204> for <08478> you that will take you by surprise <08394> <0369>!
8At that time <03117>,” the Lord <03068> says <05002>, “I will destroy <06> the wise <02450> sages of Edom <0123>! the advisers <08394> from Esau’s <06215> mountain <02022>!
9Your warriors <01368> will be shattered <02865>, O Teman <08487>, so <04616> that everyone <0376> will be destroyed <03772> from Esau’s <06215> mountain <02022>!
10“Because you violently slaughtered <02555> your relatives <0251>, the people of Jacob <03290>, shame <0955> will cover <03680> you, and you will be destroyed <03772> forever <05769>.
11You stood <05975> aloof <03117> <05048> while strangers <02114> took <07617> his army <02428> captive <07617>, and foreigners <05237> advanced <0935> to his gates <08179>. When they cast <03032> lots <01486> over <05921> Jerusalem <03389>, you behaved as though <01571> you <0859> were in league <0259> with them <01992>.
12You should not <0408> have gloated <07200> when <03117> <03117> your relatives <0251> suffered <05237> calamity. You should not <0408> have rejoiced <08055> over the people <01121> of Judah <03063> when <03117> they were destroyed <06>. You should not <0408> have boasted <06310> <01431> when <03117> they suffered adversity <06869>.
13You should not <0408> have entered <0935> the city <08179> of my people <05971> when <03117> they experienced distress <0343>. You <0859> should not <0408> have joined <07200> in gloating <07200> over their misfortune <07451> when <03117> they suffered distress <0343>. You should not <0408> have looted <07971> their wealth <02428> when <03117> they endured distress <0343>.
14You should not <0408> have stood <05975> at <05921> the fork in the road <06563> to slaughter <03772> those trying to escape <06412>. You should not <0408> have captured <05462> their refugees <08300> when <03117> they suffered adversity <06869>.
15“For <03588> the day <03117> of the Lord <03068> is approaching <07138> for <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471>! Just as <0834> you have done <06213>, so it will be done <06213> to you. You will get <07725> exactly what your deeds deserve <01576>.
16For <03588> just <0834> as you have drunk <08354> on <05921> my holy <06944> mountain <02022>, so all <03605> the nations <01471> will drink <08354> continually <08548>. They will drink <08354>, and they will gulp down <03886>; they will be <01961> as though they had never <03808> been <01961>.
17But on Mount <02022> Zion <06726> there will be <01961> a remnant of those who escape <06413>, and it will be <01961> a holy <06944> place once again. The descendants <01004> of Jacob <03290> will conquer <03423> those who had conquered <04180> them.
18The descendants <01004> of Jacob <03290> will be <01961> a fire <0784>, and the descendants <01004> of Joseph <03130> a flame <03852>. The descendants <01004> of Esau <06215> will be like stubble <07179>. They will burn <01814> them up <01814> and devour <0398> them. There will not <03808> be <01961> a single survivor <08300> of the descendants <01004> of Esau <06215>!” Indeed <03588>, the Lord <03068> has spoken <01696> it.
19The people of the Negev <05045> will take possession <03423> of Esau’s <06215> mountain <02022>, and the people of the Shephelah <08219> will take possession of the land of the Philistines <06430>. They will also take possession <03423> of the territory <07704> of Ephraim <0669> and the territory <07704> of Samaria <08111>, and the people of Benjamin <01144> will take possession of Gilead <01568>.
20The exiles <01546> of this <02088> fortress <02426> of the people <01121> of Israel <03478> will take possession of what belongs to the people of Canaan <03669>, as far as <05704> Zarephath <06886>, and the exiles <01546> of Jerusalem <03389> who <0834> are in Sepharad <05614> will take possession <03423> of the towns <05892> of the Negev <05045>.
21Those who have been delivered <03467> will go up <05927> on Mount <02022> Zion <06726> in order to rule over <08199> Esau’s <06215> mountain <02022>. Then the Lord <03068> will <01961> reign <04410> as King!