\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Obadiah}

{\MT Obadiah



\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}The
vision of
Obadiah. Thus
saith the
Lord
{\ND{GOD}} concerning
Edom; We have
heard a
rumour from the
{\ND{LORD}}, and an
ambassador is
sent among the
heathen,
Arise ye, and let us rise
up against her in
battle.

\VS{2}Behold, I have
made thee
small among the
heathen: thou art
greatly
despised.


\par }{\PP \VS{3}¶ The
pride of thine
heart hath
deceived thee, thou that
dwellest in the
clefts of the
rock, whose
habitation
{\ADD{is}}
high; that
saith in his
heart, Who shall bring me
down to the
ground?

\VS{4}Though thou
exalt
{\ADD{thyself}} as the
eagle, and though thou
set thy
nest among the
stars, thence will I bring thee
down,
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}.

\VS{5}If
thieves
came to thee, if
robbers by
night, (how art thou cut
off!) would they not have
stolen till they had
enough? if the
grapegatherers
came to thee, would they not
leave
{\ADD{some}}
grapes?\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1.5 }{\FT{some…: or, gleanings?}}}

\VS{6}How are
{\ADD{the things}} of
Esau searched
out!
{\ADD{how}} are his
hidden things sought
up!

\VS{7}All the
men of thy
confederacy have
brought thee
{\ADD{even}} to the
border: the
men that were at
peace with thee have
deceived thee,
{\ADD{and}}
prevailed against thee;
{\ADD{they that eat}} thy
bread have
laid a
wound under thee:
{\ADD{there is}} none
understanding in him.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1.7 }{\FT{that were…: Heb. of thy peace}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1.7 }{\FT{they…: Heb. the men of thy bread}}}\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1.7 }{\FT{in him: or, of it}}}

\VS{8}Shall I not in that
day,
saith the
{\ND{LORD}}, even
destroy the
wise
{\ADD{men}} out of
Edom, and
understanding out of the
mount of
Esau?

\VS{9}And thy
mighty
{\ADD{men}}, O
Teman, shall be
dismayed, to the end that every
one of the
mount of
Esau may be cut
off by
slaughter.


\par }{\PP \VS{10}¶ For
{\ADD{thy}}
violence against thy
brother
Jacob
shame shall
cover thee, and thou shalt be cut
off for
ever.

\VS{11}In the
day that thou
stoodest on the other side, in the
day that the
strangers carried away
captive his
forces, and
foreigners
entered into his
gates, and
cast
lots upon
Jerusalem, even thou
{\ADD{wast}} as
one of them.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 1.11 }{\FT{captive…: or, his substance}}}

\VS{12}But thou shouldest not have
looked on the
day of thy
brother in the
day that he became a
stranger; neither shouldest thou have
rejoiced over the
children of
Judah in the
day of their
destruction; neither shouldest thou have
spoken
proudly in the
day of
distress.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 1.12 }{\FT{spoken…: Heb. magnified thy mouth}}}

\VS{13}Thou shouldest not have
entered into the
gate of my
people in the
day of their
calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have
looked on their
affliction in the
day of their
calamity, nor have
laid
{\ADD{hands}} on their
substance in the
day of their
calamity;\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 1.13 }{\FT{substance: or, forces}}}

\VS{14}Neither shouldest thou have
stood in the
crossway, to cut
off those of his that did
escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered
up those of his that did
remain in the
day of
distress.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 1.14 }{\FT{delivered up: or, shut up}}}

\VS{15}For the
day of the
{\ND{LORD}}
{\ADD{is}}
near upon all the
heathen: as thou hast
done, it shall be
done unto thee: thy
reward shall
return upon thine own
head.

\VS{16}For as ye have
drunk upon my
holy
mountain,
{\ADD{so}} shall all the
heathen
drink
continually, yea, they shall
drink, and they shall swallow
down, and they shall be as though they had
not been.\FTNT{***}{{\FR 1.16 }{\FT{swallow…: or, sup up}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ But upon
mount
Zion shall be
deliverance, and there shall be
holiness; and the
house of
Jacob shall
possess their
possessions.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 1.17 }{\FT{deliverance: or, they that escape}}}\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 1.17 }{\FT{there…: or, it shall be holy}}}

\VS{18}And the
house of
Jacob shall be a
fire, and the
house of
Joseph a
flame, and the
house of
Esau for
stubble, and they shall
kindle in them, and
devour them; and there shall not be
{\ADD{any}}
remaining of the
house of
Esau; for the
{\ND{LORD}} hath
spoken
{\ADD{it}}.

\VS{19}And
{\ADD{they of}} the
south shall
possess the
mount of
Esau; and
{\ADD{they of}} the
plain the
Philistines: and they shall
possess the
fields of
Ephraim, and the
fields of
Samaria: and
Benjamin
{\ADD{shall possess}}
Gilead.

\VS{20}And the
captivity of this
host of the
children of
Israel
{\ADD{shall possess}} that of the
Canaanites,
{\ADD{even}} unto
Zarephath; and the
captivity of
Jerusalem, which
{\ADD{is}} in
Sepharad, shall
possess the
cities of the
south.\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 1.20 }{\FT{which…: or, shall possess that which is in}}}

\VS{21}And
saviours shall come
up on
mount
Zion to
judge the
mount of
Esau; and the
kingdom shall be the
{\ND{LORD’s}}.


\par }