Obadiah
New King James Version

The Coming Judgment on Edom

¹The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the LordGod^(A)concerning Edom
^(B)(We have heard a report from theLord,
And a messenger has been sent among the nations,saying,
“Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”):

²“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You shall be greatly despised.
³The^(C)pride of your heart has deceived you,
Youwho dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
^(D)Youwho say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
⁴^(E)Though you ascendashigh as the eagle,
And though you^(F)set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says theLord.

⁵“If^(G)thieves had come to you,
If robbers by night—
Oh, how you will be cut off!—
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
^(H)Would they not have leftsomegleanings?

⁶“Oh, how Esau shall be searched out!
Howhis hidden treasures shall be sought after!
⁷All the men in your confederacy
Shall force you to the border;
^(I)The men at peace with you
Shall deceive youandprevail against you.
Those who eatyour bread shall lay a^[a]trap for you.
^(J)No^[b]one is aware of it.

⁸“Will^(K)I not in that day,” says theLord,
“Even destroy the wisemenfrom Edom,
And understanding from the mountains of Esau?
⁹Then your^(L)mighty men, O^(M)Teman, shall be dismayed,
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.

Edom Mistreated His Brother

¹⁰“For^(N)violence against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you,
And^(O)you shall be cut off forever.
¹¹In the day that you^(P)stood on the other side—
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And^(Q)cast lots for Jerusalem—
Even youwereas one of them.

¹²“But you should not have^(R)gazed^[c]on the day of your brother
^[d]In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have^(S)rejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.
¹³You should not have entered the gate of My people
In the day of their calamity.
Indeed, you should not have^[e]gazed on their affliction
In the day of their calamity,
Nor laidhandson their substance
In the day of their calamity.
¹⁴You should not have stood at the crossroads
To cut off those among them who escaped;
Nor should you have^[f]delivered up those among them who remained
In the day of distress.

¹⁵“For^(T)the day of theLordupon all the nationsisnear;
^(U)As you have done, it shall be done to you;
Your^[g]reprisal shall return upon your own head.
¹⁶^(V)For as you drank on My holy mountain,
Soshall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.

Israel’s Final Triumph

¹⁷“But on Mount Zion there^(W)shall be^[h]deliverance,
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
¹⁸The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
And the house of Joseph^(X)a flame;
But the house of Esaushall bestubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them,
And no survivor shallremainof the house of Esau,”
For theLordhas spoken.

¹⁹The^[i]South^(Y)shall possess the mountains of Esau,
^(Z)And the Lowland shall possess Philistia.
They shall possess the fields of Ephraim
And the fields of Samaria.
Benjaminshall possessGilead.
²⁰And the captives of this host of the children of Israel
Shall possess the landof the Canaanites
As^(AA)far as Zarephath.
The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
^(AB)Shall possess the cities of the^[j]South.
²¹Then^(AC)saviors^[k]shall come to Mount Zion
To judge the mountains of Esau,
And the^(AD)kingdom shall be theLord’s.