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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Obadiah 1 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/obadiah/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/obadiah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Obadiah 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../amos/9.htm" title="Amos 9">◄</a> Obadiah 1 <a href="../jonah/1.htm" title="Jonah 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/obadiah/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">God’s Judgment on Edom</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The vision that Obadiah saw.</p><p class="poetry2">The Lord <span class="smallcaps">God</span> says this concerning Edom:</p><p class="title">Edom’s Approaching Destruction</p><p class="poetry2">We have heard a report from the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.</p><p class="poetry2">An envoy was sent among the nations, saying,</p><p class="poetry2">“Arise! Let us make war against Edom!”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says, “Look! I will make you a weak nation;</p><p class="poetry2">you will be greatly despised!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your presumptuous heart has deceived you –</p><p class="poetry2">you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs,</p><p class="poetry2">whose home is high in the mountains.</p><p class="poetry2">You think to yourself,</p><p class="poetry2">‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Even if you were to soar high like an eagle,</p><p class="poetry2">even if you were to make your nest among the stars,</p><p class="poetry2">I can bring you down even from there!” says the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“If thieves came to rob you during the night,</p><p class="poetry2">they would steal only as much as they wanted!</p><p class="poetry2">If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards,</p><p class="poetry2">they would leave some behind for the poor!</p><p class="poetry2">But you will be totally destroyed!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered!</p><p class="poetry2">Their hidden valuables will be ransacked!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>All your allies will force you from your homeland!</p><p class="poetry2">Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you.</p><p class="poetry2">Your trusted friends will set an ambush for you</p><p class="poetry2">that will take you by surprise!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>At that time,” the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> says,</p><p class="poetry2">“I will destroy the wise sages of Edom!</p><p class="poetry2">the advisers from Esau’s mountain!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman,</p><p class="poetry2">so that everyone will be destroyed from Esau’s mountain!</p> <p class="title">Edom’s Treachery Against Judah</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob,</p><p class="poetry2">shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You stood aloof while strangers took his army captive,</p><p class="poetry2">and foreigners advanced to his gates.</p><p class="poetry2">When they cast lots over Jerusalem,</p><p class="poetry2">you behaved as though you were in league with them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity.</p><p class="poetry2">You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed.</p><p class="poetry2">You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You should not have entered the city of my people when they experienced distress.</p><p class="poetry2">You should not have joined in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress.</p><p class="poetry2">You should not have looted their wealth when they endured distress.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape.</p><p class="poetry2">You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity.</p> <p class="title">The Coming Day of the Lord</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“For the day of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> is approaching for all the nations!</p><p class="poetry2">Just as you have done, so it will be done to you.</p><p class="poetry2">You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For just as you have drunk on my holy mountain,</p><p class="poetry2">so all the nations will drink continually.</p><p class="poetry2">They will drink, and they will gulp down;</p><p class="poetry2">they will be as though they had never been.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape,</p><p class="poetry2">and it will be a holy place once again.</p><p class="poetry2">The descendants of Jacob will conquer</p><p class="poetry2">those who had conquered them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The descendants of Jacob will be a fire,</p><p class="poetry2">and the descendants of Joseph a flame.</p><p class="poetry2">The descendants of Esau will be like stubble.</p><p class="poetry2">They will burn them up and devour them.</p><p class="poetry2">There will not be a single survivor of the descendants of Esau!”</p><p class="poetry2">Indeed, the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> has spoken it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The people of the Negev will take possession of Esau’s mountain,</p><p class="poetry2">and the people of the Shephelah will take</p><p class="poetry2">possession of the land of the Philistines.</p><p class="poetry2">They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,</p><p class="poetry2">and the people of Benjamin will take possession of Gilead.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The exiles of this fortress of the people of Israel</p><p class="poetry2">will take possession of what belongs to</p><p class="poetry2">the people of Canaan, as far as Zarephath,</p><p class="poetry2">and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad</p><p class="poetry2">will take possession of the towns of the Negev.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/obadiah/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Those who have been delivered will go up on Mount Zion</p><p class="poetry2">in order to rule over Esau’s mountain.</p><p class="bodytext">Then the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> will reign as King!</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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