<vn='1'>The <sn="2377">vision</s> of <sn="5662">Obadiah</s>. <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s> concerning <sn="123">Edom</s>; We have <sn="8085">heard</s> a <sn="8052">rumor</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and an <sn="6735">ambassador</s> is <sn="7971">sent</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s> ye, and let us rise <sn="6965">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> her in <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I have <sn="5414">made</s> thee <sn="6996">small</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>: <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="959">despised</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="2087">pride</s> of thine <sn="3820">heart</s> hath <sn="5377">deceived</s> thee, thou that <sn="7931">dwellest</s> in the <sn="2288">clefts</s> of the <sn="5553">rock</s>, whose <sn="7675">habitation</s> is <sn="4791">high</s>; that <sn="559">saith</s> in his <sn="3820">heart</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> shall bring me <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>? </v>
<vn='4'><sn="518">Though</s> thou <sn="1361">exalt</s> thyself as the <sn="5404">eagle</s>, and <sn="518">though</s> thou <sn="7760">set</s> thy <sn="7064">nest</s><sn="996">among</s> the <sn="3556">stars</s>, <sn="4480 8033">thence</s> will I bring thee <sn="3381">down</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="518">If</s><sn="1590">thieves</s><sn="935">came</s> to thee, <sn="518">if</s><sn="7703">robbers</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>, ( <sn="349">how</s> art thou cut <sn="1820">off</s>!) would they <sn="3808">not</s> have <sn="1589">stolen</s> till they had <sn="1767">enough</s>? <sn="518">if</s> the grape <sn="1219">gatherers</s><sn="935">came</s> to thee, would they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7604">leave</s> some <sn="5955">grapes</s>? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="349">How</s> are the things of <sn="6215">Esau</s> searched <sn="2664">out</s>! how are his hidden <sn="4710">things</s> sought <sn="1158">up</s>! </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of thy <sn="1285">confederacy</s> have <sn="7971">brought</s> thee even <sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="1366">border</s>: the <sn="376">men</s> that were at <sn="7965">peace</s> with thee have <sn="5377">deceived</s> thee, and <sn="3201">prevailed</s> against thee; they that eat thy <sn="3899">bread</s> have <sn="7760">laid</s> a <sn="4204">wound</s><sn="8478">under</s> thee: there is <sn="369">none</s><sn="8394">understanding</s> in him. </v>
<vn='8'>Shall I <sn="3808">not</s> in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even <sn="6">destroy</s> the <sn="2450">wise</s> men out of <sn="4480 123">Edom</s>, and <sn="8394">understanding</s> out of the <sn="4480 2022">mount</s> of <sn="6215">Esau</s>? </v>
<vn='9'>And thy <sn="1368">mighty</s> men, O <sn="8487">Teman</s>, shall be <sn="2865">dismayed</s>, to the end <sn="4616">that</s> every <sn="376">one</s> of the <sn="4480 2022">mount</s> of <sn="6215">Esau</s> may be cut <sn="3772">off</s> by <sn="4480 6993">slaughter</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>For thy <sn="4480 2555">violence</s> against thy <sn="251">brother</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="955">shame</s> shall <sn="3680">cover</s> thee, and thou shalt be cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>In the <sn="3117">day</s> that thou <sn="5975">stoodest</s> on the other <sn="4480 5048">side</s>, in the <sn="3117">day</s> that the <sn="2114">strangers</s> carried away <sn="7617">captive</s> his <sn="2428">forces</s>, and <sn="5237">foreigners</s> entered <sn="935">into</s> his <sn="8179">gates</s>, and <sn="3032">cast</s><sn="1486">lots</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="1571">even</s><sn="859">thou</s> wast as <sn="259">one</s><sn="4480">of</s> them. </v>
<vn='12'>But thou shouldest <sn="408">not</s> have <sn="7200">looked</s> on the <sn="3117">day</s> of thy <sn="251">brother</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> that he became a <sn="5237">stranger</s>; <sn="408">neither</s> shouldest thou have <sn="8055">rejoiced</s> over the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of their <sn="6">destruction</s>; <sn="408">neither</s> shouldest thou have spoken <sn="1431 6310">proudly</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="6869">distress</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Thou shouldest <sn="408">not</s> have <sn="935">entered</s> into the <sn="8179">gate</s> of my <sn="5971">people</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of their <sn="343">calamity</s>; <sn="1571">yea</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> shouldest <sn="408">not</s> have <sn="7200">looked</s> on their <sn="7451">affliction</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of their <sn="343">calamity</s>, <sn="408">nor</s> have <sn="7971">laid</s> hands on their <sn="2428">substance</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of their <sn="343">calamity</s>; </v>
<vn='14'><sn="408">Neither</s> shouldest thou have <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="6563">crossway</s>, to cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> those of his that did <sn="6412">escape</s>; <sn="408">neither</s> shouldest thou have delivered <sn="5462">up</s> those of his that did <sn="8300">remain</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="6869">distress</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="7138">near</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">heathen</s>: <sn="834">as</s> thou hast <sn="6213">done</s>, it shall be <sn="6213">done</s> unto thee: thy <sn="1576">reward</s> shall <sn="7725">return</s> upon thine own <sn="7218">head</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="834">as</s> ye have <sn="8354">drunk</s><sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="2022">mountain</s>, so shall <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">heathen</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="8548">continually</s>, yea, they shall <sn="8354">drink</s>, and they shall swallow <sn="3886">down</s>, and they shall <sn="1961">be</s> as though they had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">been</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>But upon <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="6726">Zion</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="6413">deliverance</s>, and there shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="6944">holiness</s>; and the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s> shall <sn="3423">possess</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="4180">possessions</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="784">fire</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3130">Joseph</s> a <sn="3852">flame</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="6215">Esau</s> for <sn="7179">stubble</s>, and they shall <sn="1814">kindle</s> in them, and <sn="398">devour</s> them; and there shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">be</s> any <sn="8300">remaining</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="6215">Esau</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s> it. </v>
<vn='19'>And they of the <sn="5045">south</s> shall <sn="3423">possess</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2022">mount</s> of <sn="6215">Esau</s>; and they of the <sn="8219">plain</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>: and they shall <sn="3423">possess</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7704">fields</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>, and the <sn="7704">fields</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s>: and <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> shall possess <sn="*853"></s><sn="1568">Gilead</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="1546">captivity</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="2426">host</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall possess <sn="834">that</s> of the <sn="3669">Canaanites</s>, even <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="6886">Zarephath</s>; and the <sn="1546">captivity</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is in <sn="5614">Sepharad</s>, shall <sn="3423">possess</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of the <sn="5045">south</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="3467">saviors</s> shall come <sn="5927">up</s> on <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="6726">Zion</s> to <sn="8199">judge</s> the <sn="*853"></s><sn="2022">mount</s> of <sn="6215">Esau</s>; and the <sn="4410">kingdom</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's. </v>