1 T he vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, “Arise, and let’s rise up against her in battle.

The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom— We have heard a report from the Lord, And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying, “ Arise and let us go against her for battle”—

2 B ehold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised.

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You are greatly despised.

3 T he pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

“The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, ‘ Who will bring me down to earth?’

4 T hough you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says Yahweh.

“Though you build high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.

5 “ If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, what disaster awaits you—wouldn’t they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn’t they leave some gleaning grapes?

“If thieves came to you, If robbers by night— O how you will be ruined!— Would they not steal only until they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave some gleanings?

6 H ow Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!

“O how Esau will be ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out!

7 A ll the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”

“All the men allied with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is no understanding in him.)

8 “ Won’t I in that day”, says Yahweh, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?

“Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord, “ Destroy wise men from Edom And understanding from the mountain of Esau?

9 Y our mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

“Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

10 F or the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.

“Because of violence to your brother Jacob, You will be covered with shame, And you will be cut off forever.

11 I n the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them.

“On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem— You too were as one of them.

12 B ut don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress.

“ Do not gloat over your brother’s day, The day of his misfortune. And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes, do not boast In the day of their distress.

13 D on’t enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don’t look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.

“Do not enter the gate of My people In the day of their disaster. Yes, you, do not gloat over their calamity In the day of their disaster. And do not loot their wealth In the day of their disaster.

14 D on’t stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don’t deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.

“Do not stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress. The Day of the Lord and the Future

15 F or the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.

“For the day of the Lord draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head.

16 F or as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so will all the nations drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been.

“Because just as you drank on My holy mountain, All the nations will drink continually. They will drink and swallow And become as if they had never existed.

17 B ut in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.

“But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape, And it will be holy. And the house of Jacob will possess their possessions.

18 T he house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn among them, and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau.” Indeed, Yahweh has spoken.

“Then the house of Jacob will be a fire And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau will be as stubble. And they will set them on fire and consume them, So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,” For the Lord has spoken.

19 T hose of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead.

Then those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau, And those of the Shephelah the Philistine plain; Also, possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, And Benjamin will possess Gilead.

20 T he captives of this army of the children of Israel, who are among the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.

And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel, Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad Will possess the cities of the Negev.

21 S aviors will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be Yahweh’s.

The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.