(KJV) Obadiah 1¹

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⥃The Destruction of Edom ^{[ Jeremiah 49:7–22 ]}

[1] The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning² Edom; We³ have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an⁴ ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise⁵ ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. [2] Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.⁶

[3] [¶]The pride⁷ of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou⁸ that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith⁹ in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? [4] Though thou exalt¹⁰ [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among¹¹ the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. [5] If thieves came to thee, if robbers¹² by night, (how¹³ art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the¹⁴ grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave [some] grapes¹⁵? [6] How are [the¹⁶ things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his¹⁷ hidden things sought up! [7] All the men of¹⁸ thy confederacy have brought thee [even] to the border: the men that were at peace with thee¹⁹ have deceived thee, [and] prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread²⁰ have laid a wound under thee: [there is²¹] none understanding in him²². [8] Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even²³ destroy the wise [men] out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? [9] And thy²⁴ mighty [men], O²⁵ Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every²⁶ one of the mount²⁷ of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

[10] For [thy] violence²⁸ against thy brother Jacob shame²⁹ shall cover thee, and³⁰ thou shalt be cut off for ever. [11] In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the³¹ strangers carried away captive his forces³², and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast³³ lots upon Jerusalem, even³⁴ thou [wast] as one of them. [12] But thou³⁵ shouldest not have looked³⁶ on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced³⁷ over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have³⁸ spoken proudly³⁹ 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 looked⁴⁰ on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid [hands] on their substance⁴¹ in the day of their calamity; [14] Neither shouldest⁴² thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up⁴³ those of his that did remain in the day⁴⁴ of distress.

⥃The Deliverance of Israel

[15] For the day⁴⁵ of the Lord [is] near upon all the heathen: as⁴⁶ thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. [16] For as ye⁴⁷ have drunk upon my holy mountain, [so] shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down⁴⁸, and they shall be⁴⁹ as though they had not been.

[17] But upon⁵⁰ mount Zion shall be⁵¹ deliverance⁵², and there shall be holiness⁵³; and the house of Jacob shall possess⁵⁴ their possessions. [18] And the house of Jacob shall be⁵⁵ a fire, and the house of Joseph⁵⁶ a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble⁵⁷, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there⁵⁸ shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken [it]. [19] And [they of] the south⁵⁹ shall possess the mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain⁶⁰ the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim⁶¹, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin⁶² [shall possess] Gilead. [20] And the captivity of this⁶³ host of the children of Israel [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath⁶⁴; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess⁶⁵ the cities of the south. [21] And saviours⁶⁶ shall come up on mount Zion to judge⁶⁷ the mount of Esau; and the⁶⁸ kingdom shall be the Lord’s.