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1. This is the vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord God says about Edom: We heard a report from the Lord. A messenger was sent to the nations. He said, "Let's go fight against Edom."
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1. The vision H2377 of Obadiah H5662 . Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 concerning Edom H123 ; We have heard H8085 a rumor H8052 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , and an ambassador H6735 is sent H7971 among the heathen H1471 , Arise H6965 ye , and let us rise up H6965 against H5921 her in battle H4421 .
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2. "Edom, I will make you the smallest nation. Everyone will hate you very much.
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2. Behold H2009 , I have made H5414 thee small H6996 among the heathen H1471 : thou H859 art greatly H3966 despised H959 .
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3. Your pride has fooled you. You live in those caves high on the cliff. Your home is high in the hills. So you say to yourself, 'No one can bring me to the ground.'"
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3. The pride H2087 of thine heart H3820 hath deceived H5377 thee , thou that dwellest H7931 in the clefts H2288 of the rock H5553 , whose habitation H7675 is high H4791 ; that saith H559 in his heart H3820 , Who H4310 shall bring me down H3381 to the ground H776 ?
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4. This is what the Lord says: "Even though you fly high like the eagle and put your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there.
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4. Though H518 thou exalt H1361 thyself as the eagle H5404 , and though H518 thou set H7760 thy nest H7064 among H996 the stars H3556 , thence H4480 H8033 will I bring thee down H3381 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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5. You really will be ruined! Thieves will come to you. Robbers will come in the night, and they will take all they want. When workers gather grapes in your vineyards, they will leave a few grapes behind.
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5. If H518 thieves H1590 came H935 to thee, if H518 robbers H7703 by night H3915 , ( how H349 art thou cut off H1820 !) would they not H3808 have stolen H1589 till they had enough H1767 ? if H518 the grape gatherers H1219 came H935 to thee , would they not H3808 leave H7604 some grapes H5955 ?
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6. But the enemy will search hard for Esau's hidden treasures, and they will find them all.
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6. How H349 are the things of Esau H6215 searched out H2664 ! how are his hidden things H4710 sought up H1158 !
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7. All those who are your friends will force you out of the land. Those who were at peace with you will trick you, and they will defeat you. The soldiers who fought by your side are planning a trap for you. They say, 'He doesn't expect a thing!'"
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7. All H3605 the men H376 of thy confederacy H1285 have brought H7971 thee even to H5704 the border H1366 : the men H376 that were at peace H7965 with thee have deceived H5377 thee, and prevailed H3201 against thee; they that eat thy bread H3899 have laid H7760 a wound H4204 under H8478 thee: there is none H369 understanding H8394 in him.
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8. The Lord says, "On that day, I will destroy the wise people from Edom. I will destroy the intelligent people from the mountain of Esau.
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8. Shall I not H3808 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , even destroy H6 the wise H2450 men out of Edom H4480 H123 , and understanding H8394 out of the mount H4480 H2022 of Esau H6215 ?
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9. Teman, your brave soldiers will be scared. Everyone will be destroyed from the mountain of Esau. Many people will be killed.
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9. And thy mighty H1368 men , O Teman H8487 , shall be dismayed H2865 , to the end that H4616 every one H376 of the mount H4480 H2022 of Esau H6215 may be cut off H3772 by slaughter H4480 H6993 .
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10. You will be covered with shame because you were very cruel to your brother Jacob. So you will be destroyed completely.
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10. For thy violence H4480 H2555 against thy brother H251 Jacob H3290 shame H955 shall cover H3680 thee , and thou shalt be cut off H3772 forever H5769 .
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11. You joined the enemies of Israel. Strangers carried Israel's treasures away. Foreigners entered Israel's city gate. They threw lots to decide what part of Jerusalem they would get. And you were right there with them, waiting to get your share.
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11. In the day H3117 that thou stoodest H5975 on the other side H4480 H5048 , in the day H3117 that the strangers H2114 carried away captive H7617 his forces H2428 , and foreigners H5237 entered into H935 his gates H8179 , and cast H3032 lots H1486 upon H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , even H1571 thou H859 wast as one H259 of H4480 them.
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12. You should not have laughed at your brother's trouble. You should not have been happy when they destroyed Judah. You should not have bragged at the time of their trouble.
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12. But thou shouldest not H408 have looked H7200 on the day H3117 of thy brother H251 in the day H3117 that he became a stranger H5237 ; neither H408 shouldest thou have rejoiced H8055 over the children H1121 of Judah H3063 in the day H3117 of their destruction H6 ; neither H408 shouldest thou have spoken proudly H1431 H6310 in the day H3117 of distress H6869 .
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13. You should not have entered the city gate of my people and laughed at their problems. You should not have taken their treasures in the time of their trouble.
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13. Thou shouldest not H408 have entered H935 into the gate H8179 of my people H5971 in the day H3117 of their calamity H343 ; yea H1571 , thou H859 shouldest not H408 have looked H7200 on their affliction H7451 in the day H3117 of their calamity H343 , nor H408 have laid H7971 hands on their substance H2428 in the day H3117 of their calamity H343 ;
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14. You should have not stood where the roads cross, and destroyed those who were trying to escape. You should not have captured those who escaped alive.
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14. Neither H408 shouldest thou have stood H5975 in H5921 the crossway H6563 , to cut off H3772 H853 those of his that did escape H6412 ; neither H408 shouldest thou have delivered up H5462 those of his that did remain H8300 in the day H3117 of distress H6869 .
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15. The Day of the Lord is coming soon to all the nations. And the evil you did to others will happen to you. The same bad things will fall down on your own head.
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15. For H3588 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is near H7138 upon H5921 all H3605 the heathen H1471 : as H834 thou hast done H6213 , it shall be done H6213 unto thee : thy reward H1576 shall return H7725 upon thine own head H7218 .
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16. You spilled blood on my holy mountain, so other nations will spill your blood. You will be finished. It will be as if you never existed.
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16. For H3588 as H834 ye have drunk H8354 upon H5921 my holy H6944 mountain H2022 , so shall all H3605 the heathen H1471 drink H8354 continually H8548 , yea , they shall drink H8354 , and they shall swallow down H3886 , and they shall be H1961 as though they had not H3808 been H1961 .
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17. But there will be survivors on Mount Zion. They will be my special people. The nation of Jacob will take back what belongs to it.
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17. But upon mount H2022 Zion H6726 shall be H1961 deliverance H6413 , and there shall be H1961 holiness H6944 ; and the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 shall possess H3423 H853 their possessions H4180 .
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18. The family of Jacob will be like a fire. The nation of Joseph will be like a flame. But the nation of Esau will be like ashes. The people of Judah will burn Edom, and they will destroy it. Then there will be no survivors in the nation of Esau." This will happen because the Lord said it would.
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18. And the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 shall be H1961 a fire H784 , and the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 a flame H3852 , and the house H1004 of Esau H6215 for stubble H7179 , and they shall kindle H1814 in them , and devour H398 them ; and there shall not H3808 be H1961 any remaining H8300 of the house H1004 of Esau H6215 ; for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it .
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19. Then people from the Negev will live on the mountain of Esau. And people from the foothills will take the Philistine lands. They will live in the land of Ephraim and Samaria. Gilead will belong to Benjamin.
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19. And they of the south H5045 shall possess H3423 H853 the mount H2022 of Esau H6215 ; and they of the plain H8219 H853 the Philistines H6430 : and they shall possess H3423 H853 the fields H7704 of Ephraim H669 , and the fields H7704 of Samaria H8111 : and Benjamin H1144 shall possess H853 Gilead H1568 .
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20. People from Israel were forced to leave their homes, but they will take back the land of Canaan, all the way to Zarephath. People from Judah were forced to leave Jerusalem and live in Sepharad. But they will take back the cities of the Negev.
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20. And the captivity H1546 of this H2088 host H2426 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 shall possess that H834 of the Canaanites H3669 , even unto H5704 Zarephath H6886 ; and the captivity H1546 of Jerusalem H3389 , which H834 is in Sepharad H5614 , shall possess H3423 H853 the cities H5892 of the south H5045 .
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21. The winners will go up onto Mount Zion to rule the people who live on Esau's mountain. And the kingdom will belong to the Lord.
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21. And saviors H3467 shall come up H5927 on mount H2022 Zion H6726 to judge H8199 the H853 mount H2022 of Esau H6215 ; and the kingdom H4410 shall be H1961 the LORD H3068 's.
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