Obadiah 1
The Humbling of
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The vision of Obadi'ah.
Thus saith
the Lord GOD concerning Edom; Is. 34.5-17 ; 63.1-6 · Jer. 49.7-22 · Ezek.
25.12-14 ; 35.1-15 · Amos 1.11, 12 · Mal. 1.2-5 We have heard a rumor from the LORD, and
an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise
up against her in battle.
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Behold, I have made thee small among the
heathen: thou art greatly despised.
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The pride of thine heart hath deceived
thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to
the ground?
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Though thou exalt thyself as the
eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I
bring thee down, saith the LORD.
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If thieves came to thee, if robbers by
night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they
had enough? if the grape gatherers came to thee, would they not
leave some grapes?
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How are the things of Esau
searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
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All the men of thy confederacy have
brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace
with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
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Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom,
and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
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And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall
be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be
cut off by slaughter.
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For thy violence against thy
brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for
ever.
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In the day that thou stoodest on the
other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his
forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon
Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
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But thou shouldest not have looked on the
day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither
shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day
of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in
the day of distress.
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Thou shouldest not have entered into the
gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest
not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity,
nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their
calamity;
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neither shouldest thou have stood in the
crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest
thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of
distress.
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The Exalting of
Israel |
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For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast
done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine
own head.
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For as ye have drunk upon my holy
mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually; yea,
they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as
though they had not been.
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But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance,
and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess
their possessions.
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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 kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not
be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
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And they of the south shall
possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain, the
Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of E'phra-im, and the
fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gil'e-ad.
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And the captivity of this host of the
children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zar'ephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepha'rad, shall possess the cities of the
south.
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And saviours shall come up on mount Zion
to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
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