Obadiah 1:8-18

8 "On the day I punish Edom, I will destroy their clever men and wipe out all their wisdom.
9 The fighting men of Teman will be terrified, and every soldier in Edom will be killed.
10 "Because you robbed and killed your relatives, [a] the descendants of Jacob, you will be destroyed and dishonored forever.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 You should not have stood at the crossroads 1 to catch those trying to escape. You should not have handed them over to the enemy on the day of their distress.
15 "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.
16 My people have drunk a bitter cup of punishment on my sacred hill. [b] But all the surrounding nations will drink a still more bitter cup of punishment; they will drink it all and vanish away.
17 "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.
18 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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1-14Isaiah 34.5-17; 63.1-6;Jeremiah 49.7-22;Ezekiel 25.12-14; 35.1-15;Amos 1.11, 12;Malachi 1.2-5.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. your relatives: [The Israelites were descended from Jacob, who was the brother of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.]
  • [b]. sacred hill: [Mount Zion (see Zion in Word List).]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.