Obadiah 1:1-4

Edom’s Certain Judgment

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1} The vision of Obadiah.

This is what the Lord God has said about Edom:^(A)

We have heard a message from the Lord;^(B)
a messenger has been sent^(C) among the nations:
“Rise up,^(D) and let us go to war against her.”^(a)

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Look, I will make you insignificant^(E)
among the nations;
you will be deeply despised.

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Your presumptuous heart has deceived you,^(F)
you who live in clefts of the rock^(b)^(c)^(G)
in your home on the heights,
who say to yourself,
“Who can bring me down to the ground?”^(H)

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Though you seem to soar^(d) like an eagle^(I)
and make your nest among the stars,^(J)
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Footnotes:

a. Obadiah 1:1: Edom

b. Obadiah 1:3: Or in Sela; probably Petra

c. Obadiah 1:3: Probably Petra

d. Obadiah 1:4: Or to build high

Cross references:

A. Obadiah 1:1: Genesis 25:30; Psalm 137:7; Isaiah 21:11-12; Isaiah 34:1-17; Isaiah 63:1-6; Ezekiel 25:12-14; Amos 1:11-12; Malachi 1:2-5

B. Obadiah 1:1: Jeremiah 49:14-16

C. Obadiah 1:1: Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 30:4

D. Obadiah 1:1: Jeremiah 6:4-5

E. Obadiah 1:2: Numbers 24:18; Isaiah 23:9

F. Obadiah 1:3: Isaiah 16:6

G. Obadiah 1:3: 2 Chronicles 25:12

H. Obadiah 1:3: Isaiah 14:13-15

I. Obadiah 1:4: Job 20:6-7; Habakkuk 2:9

J. Obadiah 1:4: Isaiah 14:12-15