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And the streams of Edom'shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof
into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
American Standard Version
1 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord GOD says concerning Edom: We haveheard tidings from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise! Let us rise up against her in battle.
2 Consider how I have made you small among the nations: you are greatly despised.
3 The pride of your heart has deceived thee, You that dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
4 Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from there, says the LORD.
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (consider how your are cut off!) would they not steal until they had enough? if grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden treasures sought for!
7 All the people of your confederacy have brought you on your way, even to the border: the people that were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you; they that your bread lay a snare under you: there is no understanding in him.
8 Shall I not in that day, says the LORD, destroy the wise 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 may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.
10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and you shall be cut off for ever.
11 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, you, even you were as one of them.
12 But do not look on the day of your brother in the day of his disaster, and do not rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.
13 Do not enter the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yes, do not look upon their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither lay your hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.
14 And stand not at the crossroad, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.
15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done unto you; your dealings shall return upon your own head.
16 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually, yes, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.
17 But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall burn among them, and devour them: and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for
the LORD has spoken it.
19 And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the lowland the Philistines and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, which are among the Canaanites, shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.
21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
And the streams of Edom'shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof
into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
American Standard Version
| Obadiah 1 English Revised Version |
1 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord GOD says concerning Edom: We haveheard tidings from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise! Let us rise up against her in battle.
2 Consider how I have made you small among the nations: you are greatly despised.
3 The pride of your heart has deceived thee, You that dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
4 Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from there, says the LORD.
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (consider how your are cut off!) would they not steal until they had enough? if grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?
6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden treasures sought for!
7 All the people of your confederacy have brought you on your way, even to the border: the people that were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you; they that your bread lay a snare under you: there is no understanding in him.
8 Shall I not in that day, says the LORD, destroy the wise 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 may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.
10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and you shall be cut off for ever.
11 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, you, even you were as one of them.
12 But do not look on the day of your brother in the day of his disaster, and do not rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.
13 Do not enter the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yes, do not look upon their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither lay your hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.
14 And stand not at the crossroad, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.
15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done unto you; your dealings shall return upon your own head.
16 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually, yes, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.
17 But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall burn among them, and devour them: and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for
the LORD has spoken it.
19 And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the lowland the Philistines and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, which are among the Canaanites, shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.
21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
A genuine Jewish/Christian dialogue - not just of words, but a dialogue of words of faith - will lead to the destruction of the kingdom of Edom. This will signify the victory in the decisive battle in the great war against Amalek; and this will lead to the open and full rejoicing of the nations with Israel, which will open the way for the spirit of Elijiah and the welcoming of Mashiach, in the name of Adonai, in his eternally beloved city, Jerusalem.
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