86 lines
3.3 KiB
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86 lines
3.3 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 1
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1 The vision of Obadiah.
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Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom:
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We have heard a report from the Lord,
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and a messenger has been sent among the nations:
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“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”
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2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
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you shall be utterly despised.
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3 The pride of your heart has deceived you,
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you who live in the clefts of the rock,
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in your lofty dwelling,
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who say in your heart,
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“Who will bring me down to the ground?”
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4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
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though your nest is set among the stars,
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from there I will bring you down,
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declares the Lord.
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5 If thieves came to you,
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if plunderers came by night—
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how you have been destroyed!—
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would they not steal only enough for themselves?
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If grape gatherers came to you,
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would they not leave gleanings?
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6 How Esau has been pillaged,
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his treasures sought out!
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7 All your allies have driven you to your border;
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those at peace with you have deceived you;
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they have prevailed against you;
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those who eat your bread have set a trap beneath you—
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you have no understanding.
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8 Will I not on that day, declares the Lord,
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destroy the wise men out of Edom,
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and understanding out of Mount Esau?
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9 And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman,
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so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
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10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
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shame shall cover you,
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and you shall be cut off forever.
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11 On the day that you stood aloof,
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on the day that strangers carried off his wealth
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and foreigners entered his gates
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and cast lots for Jerusalem,
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you were like one of them.
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12 But do not gloat over the day of your brother
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in the day of his misfortune;
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do not rejoice over the people of Judah
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in the day of their ruin;
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do not boast
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in the day of distress.
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13 Do not enter the gate of my people
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in the day of their calamity;
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do not gloat over his disaster
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in the day of his calamity;
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do not loot his wealth
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in the day of his calamity.
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14 Do not stand at the crossroads
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to cut off his fugitives;
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do not hand over his survivors
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in the day of distress.
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15 For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.
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As you have done, it shall be done to you;
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your deeds shall return on your own head.
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16 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain,
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so all the nations shall drink continually;
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they shall drink and swallow,
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and shall be as though they had never been.
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17 But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,
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and it shall be holy,
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and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
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18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
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and the house of Joseph a flame,
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and the house of Esau stubble;
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they shall burn them and consume them,
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and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,
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for the Lord has spoken.
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19 Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau,
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and those of the Shephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines;
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they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria,
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and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
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20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
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shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
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and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
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shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
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21 Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion
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to rule Mount Esau,
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and the kingdom shall be the Lord's. |