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De toekomst van het land Edom

De Oppermachtige Here liet Obadja in een visioen de toekomst van het land Edom zien. ‘De Here heeft ons laten weten,’ zei hij, ‘dat Hij een bode naar de volken heeft gestuurd met het bevel: Kom, laten we ten strijde trekken tegen Edom! Ik zal u klein maken onder de volken en u zult diep worden veracht. U bent trots, omdat u in die hoge, ontoegankelijke rotskloven woont. U bluft: “Wie zou ons hier ooit kunnen bereiken?” Bedrieg uzelf niet! Al vloog u zo hoog als een arend en bouwde u een nest tussen de sterren, Ik zou u daarvandaan naar beneden laten tuimelen,’ zegt de Here. ‘Het zou voor u veel beter zijn geweest als er ʼs nachts dieven waren gekomen om u te beroven. Want die zouden niet alles hebben meegenomen. Als er druivenplukkers kwamen, zouden die dan niets overlaten? Alle verborgen schatten van Esauʼs nakomelingen zullen worden opgespoord en meegenomen.

Al uw bondgenoten zullen zich tegen u keren en u uit uw land zetten. Zij zullen vrede beloven, maar zijn in werkelijkheid op uw ondergang uit. Uw beste vrienden zullen valstrikken voor u spannen en uw tegenmaatregelen zullen niets uithalen. Op die dag,’ zegt de Here, ‘zal in Edom geen enkele wijze man meer worden gevonden. Want Ik zal de wijze mannen van Edom vullen met onverstand. Ook de dappere soldaten uit Teman zullen verbijsterd zijn en niets kunnen doen om de slachtpartij op de bergen van Edom te voorkomen. 10 U hebt uw broeder Israël vreselijke dingen aangedaan. Beschaamd en weerloos zult u daarom voorgoed worden uitgeroeid. 11 Want in tijden van nood liet u Israël in de steek. U ging aan de kant staan en stak geen hand uit om te helpen toen binnenvallende troepen haar soldaten als krijgsgevangenen meenamen en Jeruzalem door loting onder elkaar verdeelden. U was geen haar beter dan al die vijanden. 12 Dat had u niet moeten doen. U had geen leedvermaak mogen hebben, toen zij uw broeder naar vreemde landen wegvoerden. U had zich niet mogen verheugen over zijn ongeluksdag. U had niet de spot met hem mogen drijven toen hij in nood verkeerde. 13 Kom niet naar Israël op die rampzalige dag. Maak u niet meester van de buit en heb geen leedvermaak over haar ondergang. 14 Ga niet op de kruispunten staan om degenen die proberen te vluchten, te vermoorden. Neem de overlevenden niet gevangen om hen uit te leveren aan hun vijanden in die tijd van barre ellende. 15 Binnenkort zal de Here een oordeel vellen over alle heidense volken. Wat u Israël hebt aangedaan, zal u nu zelf overkomen. U krijgt uw verdiende loon.

16 Zoals u op mijn heilige berg hebt gedronken, zo zullen alle omringende volken onophoudelijk drinken uit de beker met mijn straf en worden alsof ze nooit hadden bestaan. 17 Maar de berg Sion zal een toevluchtsoord zijn, een afgezonderde, heilige plaats. Het volk Israël zal het land weer in bezit nemen. 18 Israël zal zijn als een vuur dat de stoppelvelden van Edom in brand steekt. Er zullen geen overlevenden in Edom zijn, omdat de Here het zo heeft bevolen. 19 Dan zal mijn volk dat in de Negev woont, het berggebied van Edom in bezit nemen. Die in het laagland wonen, zullen het land van de Filistijnen innemen en weer beslag leggen op de velden van Efraïm en Samaria. En het volk van Benjamin zal Gilead weer in bezit nemen. 20 De Israëlitische ballingen zullen terugkeren en het land van de Kanaänieten tot Zarfath in het noorden bezetten. En de mensen uit Jeruzalem die in ballingschap waren in Sefarad in Klein-Azië, zullen terugkeren naar hun vaderland en de steden aan de rand van de Negev veroveren. 21 Want verlossers zullen naar de berg Sion komen en heersen over heel Edom. En de Here zal koning zijn!’

The vision of Obadiah.

Edom Will Be Humbled

Thus says the Lord God (A)concerning Edom:
(B)We have heard a report from the Lord,
    and a messenger has been sent among the nations:
“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”
Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
    you shall be utterly despised.[a]
(C)The pride of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rock,[b]
    in your lofty dwelling,
(D)who say in your heart,
    “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
    though your nest is set among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,
declares the Lord.

If (E)thieves came to you,
    if plunderers came by night—
    how you have been destroyed!—
    would they not steal only enough for themselves?
If (F)grape gatherers came to you,
    would they not leave gleanings?
(G)How Esau has been pillaged,
    his treasures sought out!
All your allies have driven you to your border;
    those at peace with you have deceived you;
they have prevailed against you;
    (H)those who eat your bread[c] have set a trap beneath you—
    (I)you have[d] no understanding.

(J)Will I not on that day, declares the Lord,
    destroy the wise men out of Edom,
    and understanding out of (K)Mount Esau?
And your mighty men shall be dismayed, (L)O Teman,
    so that every man from (M)Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

Edom's Violence Against Jacob

10 (N)Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,
    shame shall cover you,
    (O)and you shall be cut off forever.
11 (P)On the day that you stood aloof,
    (Q)on the day that strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    (R)and cast lots for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.
12 (S)But do not gloat over the day of your brother
    in the day of his misfortune;
(T)do not rejoice over the people of Judah
    in the day of their ruin;
(U)do not boast[e]
    in the day of distress.
13 (V)Do not enter the gate of my people
    in the day of their calamity;
(W)do not gloat over his disaster
    in the day of his calamity;
(X)do not loot his wealth
    in the day of his calamity.
14 (Y)Do not stand at the crossroads
    to cut off his fugitives;
do not hand over his survivors
    in the day of distress.

The Day of the Lord Is Near

15 For (Z)the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.
(AA)As you have done, it shall be done to you;
    your deeds shall return on your own head.
16 (AB)For as you have drunk on (AC)my holy mountain,
    so all the nations shall drink continually;
they shall drink and swallow,
    and shall be as though they had never been.
17 (AD)But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,
    and it shall be holy,
(AE)and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.
18 (AF)The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
    and the house of Joseph a flame,
    and the house of Esau (AG)stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
    (AH)and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.

The Kingdom of the Lord

19 Those of (AI)the Negeb (AJ)shall possess (AK)Mount Esau,
    and those of the Shephelah shall possess (AL)the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of (AM)Samaria,
    and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of this host of the people of Israel
    shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as (AN)Zarephath,
and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
21 (AO)Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion
    to rule (AP)Mount Esau,
    and (AQ)the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:2 Or Behold, I have made you small among the nations; you are utterly despised
  2. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela
  3. Obadiah 1:7 Hebrew lacks those who eat
  4. Obadiah 1:7 Hebrew he has
  5. Obadiah 1:12 Hebrew do not enlarge your mouth

The Coming Judgment on Edom

The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord God (A)concerning Edom
(B)(We have heard a report from the Lord,
And a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying,
“Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”):

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You shall be greatly despised.
The (C)pride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
(D)You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
(E)Though you ascend as high as the eagle,
And though you (F)set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.

“If (G)thieves had come to you,
If robbers by night—
Oh, how you will be cut off!—
Would they not have stolen till they had enough?
If grape-gatherers had come to you,
(H)Would they not have left some gleanings?

“Oh, how Esau shall be searched out!
How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!
All the men in your confederacy
Shall force you to the border;
(I)The men at peace with you
Shall deceive you and prevail against you.
Those who eat your bread shall lay a [a]trap for you.
(J)No[b] one is aware of it.

“Will(K) I not in that day,” says the Lord,
“Even destroy the wise men from Edom,
And understanding from the mountains of Esau?
Then your (L)mighty men, O (M)Teman, shall be dismayed,
To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau
May be cut off by slaughter.

Edom Mistreated His Brother

10 “For (N)violence against your brother Jacob,
Shame shall cover you,
And (O)you shall be cut off forever.
11 In the day that you (P)stood on the other side—
In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,
When foreigners entered his gates
And (Q)cast lots for Jerusalem—
Even you were as one of them.

12 “But you should not have (R)gazed[c] on the day of your brother
[d]In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have (S)rejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.
13 You should not have entered the gate of My people
In the day of their calamity.
Indeed, you should not have [e]gazed on their affliction
In the day of their calamity,
Nor laid hands on their substance
In the day of their calamity.
14 You should not have stood at the crossroads
To cut off those among them who escaped;
Nor should you have [f]delivered up those among them who remained
In the day of distress.

15 “For(T) the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near;
(U)As you have done, it shall be done to you;
Your [g]reprisal shall return upon your own head.
16 (V)For as you drank on My holy mountain,
So shall all the nations drink continually;
Yes, they shall drink, and swallow,
And they shall be as though they had never been.

Israel’s Final Triumph

17 “But on Mount Zion there (W)shall be [h]deliverance,
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
And the house of Joseph (X)a flame;
But the house of Esau shall be stubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them,
And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.

19 The [i]South (Y)shall possess the mountains of Esau,
(Z)And the Lowland shall possess Philistia.
They shall possess the fields of Ephraim
And the fields of Samaria.
Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 And the captives of this host of the children of Israel
Shall possess the land of the Canaanites
As (AA)far as Zarephath.
The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
(AB)Shall possess the cities of the [j]South.
21 Then (AC)saviors[k] shall come to Mount Zion
To judge the mountains of Esau,
And the (AD)kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:7 Or wound or plot
  2. Obadiah 1:7 Or There is no understanding in him
  3. Obadiah 1:12 Gloated over
  4. Obadiah 1:12 Lit. On the day he became a foreigner
  5. Obadiah 1:13 Gloated over
  6. Obadiah 1:14 Handed over to the enemy
  7. Obadiah 1:15 Or reward
  8. Obadiah 1:17 Or salvation
  9. Obadiah 1:19 Heb. Negev
  10. Obadiah 1:20 Heb. Negev
  11. Obadiah 1:21 deliverers