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and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the L
ORD
thy
God.
Obadiah
CHAPTER 1
Chapter 1
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour
from the L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
.
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 L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
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.
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