1:1 The vision 1 that Obadiah 2 saw. 3
The Lord God 4 says this concerning 5 Edom: 6
We have heard a report from the Lord.
An envoy was sent among the nations, saying, 7
“Arise! Let us make war against Edom!” 8
1:2 The Lord says, 9 “Look! I will 10 make you a weak nation; 11
you will be greatly despised!
1:3 Your presumptuous heart 12 has deceived you –
you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, 13
whose home is high in the mountains. 14
You think to yourself, 15
‘No one can 16 bring me down to the ground!’ 17
1:4 Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, 18
even if you 19 were to make your nest among the stars,
I can bring you down even from there!” says the Lord.
1:5 “If thieves came to rob you 20 during the night, 21
they would steal only as much as they wanted! 22
If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, 23
they would leave some behind for the poor! 24
But you will be totally destroyed! 25
1:6 How the people of Esau 26 will be thoroughly plundered! 27
Their 28 hidden valuables will be ransacked! 29
1:7 All your allies 30 will force 31 you from your homeland! 32
Your treaty partners 33 will deceive you and overpower you.
Your trusted friends 34 will set an ambush 35 for 36 you
that will take you by surprise! 37
1:8 At that time,” 38 the Lord says,
“I will destroy the wise sages of Edom! 39
the advisers 40 from Esau’s mountain! 41
1:9 Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, 42
so that 43 everyone 44 will be destroyed 45 from Esau’s mountain!
1:10 “Because 46 you violently slaughtered 47 your relatives, 48 the people of Jacob, 49
shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed 50 forever.
1:11 You stood aloof 51 while strangers took his army 52 captive,
and foreigners advanced to his gates. 53
When they cast lots 54 over Jerusalem, 55
you behaved as though you were in league 56 with them.
1:12 You should not 57 have gloated 58 when your relatives 59 suffered calamity. 60
You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed. 61
You should not have boasted 62 when they suffered adversity. 63
1:13 You should not have entered the city 64 of my people when they experienced distress. 65
You should not have joined 66 in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress. 67
You should not have looted 68 their wealth when they endured distress. 69
1:14 You should not have stood at the fork in the road 70 to slaughter 71 those trying to escape. 72
You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity. 73
1:15 “For the day of the Lord 74 is approaching 75 for all the nations! 76
Just as you have done, so it will be done to you.
You will get exactly what your deeds deserve. 77
1:16 For just as you 78 have drunk 79 on my holy mountain,
so all the nations will drink continually. 80
They will drink, and they will gulp down;
they will be as though they had never been.