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The vision of Obadiah. Thussays the LordGOD concerning Edom - We have heard a report from the LORD, And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying, "Arise and let us goagainst her for battle "-
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"Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You are greatlydespised.
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"The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwellingplace, Who say in your heart, 'Who will bring me down to earth?'
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"Ifthievescame to you, Ifrobbers by night - O how you will be ruined!- Would they not steal only until they hadenough? If grape gathererscame to you, Would they not leave some gleanings?
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"O howEsau will be ransacked, And his hiddentreasuressearched out!
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"All the menallied 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 nounderstanding in him.)
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"On the day that you stoodaloof*, On the day that strangerscarriedoff his wealth, And foreignersentered his gate And castlots for Jerusalem - You too were as one of them.
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"Do not gloat over your brother'sday, 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.
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"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.
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"Becausejust as you drank on My holymountain, All the nations will drinkcontinually. They will drink and swallow And become as if they had neverexisted.
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"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 nosurvivor of the house of Esau," For the LORD has spoken.
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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.
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And the exiles of thishost of the sons of Israel, Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, And the exiles of Jerusalemwho are in Sepharad Will possess the cities of the Negev.