OBADIAH Chapter 1 (GNB)
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This is the prophecy of Obadiah---what the Sovereign LORD said about the nation
of Edom. The LORD has sent his messenger to the nations, and we have heard his
message: "Get ready! Let us go to war against Edom!"
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The LORD says to Edom, "I will make you weak; everyone will despise you.
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Your pride has deceived you. Your capital is a fortress of solid rock; your
home is high in the mountains, and so you say to yourself, 'Who can ever pull
me down?'
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Even though you make your home as high as an eagle's nest, so that it seems to
be among the stars, yet I will pull you down.
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"When thieves come at night, they take only what they want. When people
gather grapes, they always leave a few. But your enemies have wiped you out
completely.
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Descendants of Esau, your treasures have been looted.
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Your allies have deceived you; they have driven you from your country. People
who were at peace with you have now conquered you. Those friends who ate with
you have laid a trap for you; they say of you, 'Where is all that cleverness he
had?'
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"On the day I punish Edom, I will destroy their clever men and wipe out
all their wisdom.
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The fighting men of Teman will be terrified, and
every soldier in Edom will be killed.
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"Because you robbed and killed your relatives, the descendants of Jacob,
you will be destroyed and dishonored forever.
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You stood aside on that day when enemies broke down their gates. You were as
bad as those strangers who carried off Jerusalem's wealth and divided it among
themselves.
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You should not have gloated over the misfortune of your relatives in Judah. You
should not have been glad on the day of their ruin. You should not have laughed
at them in their distress.
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You should not have entered the city of my people to gloat over their suffering
and to seize their riches on the day of their disaster.
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You should not have stood at the crossroads to catch those trying to escape.
You should not have handed them over to the enemy on the day of their distress.
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"The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge all nations. Edom, what you
have done will be done to you. You will get back what you have given.
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My people have drunk a bitter cup of punishment on my sacred hill. But all the
surrounding nations will drink a still more bitter cup
of punishment; they will drink it all and vanish away.
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"But on Mount Zion some will escape, and it will be a sacred place. The
people of Jacob will possess the land that is theirs by right.
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The people of Jacob and of Joseph will be like fire; they will destroy the
people of Esau as fire burns stubble. No descendant of Esau will survive. I,
the LORD, have spoken.
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"People from southern Judah will occupy Edom; those from the western
foothills will capture Philistia. Israelites will possess the territory of
Ephraim and Samaria; the people of Benjamin will take Gilead.
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The army of exiles from northern Israel will return and conquer Phoenicia as
far north as Zarephath. The exiles from Jerusalem who
are in Sardis will capture the towns of southern Judah.
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The victorious men of Jerusalem will attack Edom and rule over it. And the LORD
himself will be king."
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