Obadiah

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Obadiah’s Vision^(A)^(B)

¹The vision^(C) of Obadiah.

This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom^(D)—

We have heard a message from the Lord:
An envoy^(E) was sent to the nations to say,
“Rise, let us go against her for battle”^(F)—

²“See, I will make you small^(G) among the nations;
    you will be utterly despised.
³The pride^(H) of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rocks^[a]^(I)
    and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
    ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’^(J)
⁴Though you soar like the eagle
    and make your nest^(K) among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,”^(L)
declares the Lord.^(M)
⁵“If thieves came to you,
    if robbers in the night—
oh, what a disaster awaits you!—
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?^(N)
⁶But how Esau will be ransacked,
    his hidden treasures pillaged!
⁷All your allies^(O) will force you to the border;
    your friends will deceive and overpower you;
those who eat your bread^(P) will set a trap for you,^[b]
    but you will not detect it.

⁸“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “will I not destroy^(Q) the wise men of Edom,
    those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
⁹Your warriors, Teman,^(R) will be terrified,
    and everyone in Esau’s mountains
    will be cut down in the slaughter.
¹⁰Because of the violence^(S) against your brother Jacob,^(T)
    you will be covered with shame;
    you will be destroyed forever.^(U)
¹¹On the day you stood aloof
    while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    and cast lots^(V) for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.^(W)
¹²You should not gloat^(X) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,^(Y)
nor rejoice^(Z) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,^(AA)
nor boast^(AB) so much
    in the day of their trouble.^(AC)
¹³You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity^(AD)
    in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
    in the day of their disaster.
¹⁴You should not wait at the crossroads
    to cut down their fugitives,^(AE)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.

¹⁵“The day of the Lord is near^(AF)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds^(AG) will return upon your own head.
¹⁶Just as you drank^(AH) on my holy hill,^(AI)
    so all the nations will drink^(AJ) continually;
they will drink and drink
    and be as if they had never been.^(AK)
¹⁷But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;^(AL)
    it will be holy,^(AM)
    and Jacob will possess his inheritance.^(AN)
¹⁸Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire^(AO) and destroy^(AP) him.
There will be no survivors^(AQ)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

¹⁹People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.^(AR)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,^(AS)
    and Benjamin^(AT) will possess Gilead.
²⁰This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;^(AU)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.^(AV)
²¹Deliverers^(AW) will go up on^[c] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.^(AX)

Footnotes

Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela
Obadiah 1:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Obadiah 1:21 Or from

Psalm 82-83

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Psalm 82

A psalm of Asaph.

¹God presides in the great assembly;
he renders judgment^(A) among the “gods”:^(B)

²“How long will you^[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality^(C) to the wicked?^[b]^(D)
³Defend the weak and the fatherless;^(E)
    uphold the cause of the poor^(F) and the oppressed.
⁴Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

⁵“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.^(G)
They walk about in darkness;^(H)
all the foundations^(I) of the earth are shaken.

⁶“I said, ‘You are “gods”;^(J)
you are all sons of the Most High.’
⁷But you will die^(K) like mere mortals;
you will fall like every other ruler.”

⁸Rise up,^(L) O God, judge^(M) the earth,
for all the nations are your inheritance.^(N)

Psalm 83^[c]

A song. A psalm of Asaph.

¹O God, do not remain silent;^(O)
    do not turn a deaf ear,
    do not stand aloof, O God.
²See how your enemies growl,^(P)
    how your foes rear their heads.^(Q)
³With cunning they conspire^(R) against your people;
    they plot against those you cherish.^(S)
⁴“Come,” they say, “let us destroy^(T) them as a nation,^(U)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered^(V) no more.”

⁵With one mind they plot together;^(W)
    they form an alliance against you—
⁶the tents of Edom^(X) and the Ishmaelites,
    of Moab^(Y) and the Hagrites,^(Z)
⁷Byblos,^(AA) Ammon^(AB) and Amalek,^(AC)
    Philistia,^(AD) with the people of Tyre.^(AE)
⁸Even Assyria^(AF) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.^[d]^(AG)

⁹Do to them as you did to Midian,^(AH)
    as you did to Sisera^(AI) and Jabin^(AJ) at the river Kishon,^(AK)
¹⁰who perished at Endor^(AL)
    and became like dung^(AM) on the ground.
¹¹Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,^(AN)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,^(AO)
¹²who said, “Let us take possession^(AP)
    of the pasturelands of God.”

¹³Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff^(AQ) before the wind.
¹⁴As fire consumes the forest
    or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,^(AR)
¹⁵so pursue them with your tempest^(AS)
    and terrify them with your storm.^(AT)
¹⁶Cover their faces with shame,^(AU) Lord,
    so that they will seek your name.

¹⁷May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;^(AV)
may they perish in disgrace.^(AW)
¹⁸Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord^(AX)—
that you alone are the Most High^(AY) over all the earth.^(AZ)