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1. This is the vision of Obadiah. We have heard a message from the Lord. A messenger has been sent among the nations, saying, "Attack! Let's go attack Edom!"
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1. The vision H2377 of Obadiah H5662 . Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 concerning Edom H123 ; We have heard H8085 a rumor H8052 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , and an ambassador H6735 is sent H7971 among the heathen H1471 , Arise H6965 ye , and let us rise up H6965 against H5921 her in battle H4421 .
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2. "Soon I will make you the smallest of nations. You will be greatly hated by everyone.
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2. Behold H2009 , I have made H5414 thee small H6996 among the heathen H1471 : thou H859 art greatly H3966 despised H959 .
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3. Your pride has fooled you, you who live in the hollow places of the cliff. Your home is up high, you who say to yourself, 'No one can bring me down to the ground.'
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3. The pride H2087 of thine heart H3820 hath deceived H5377 thee , thou that dwellest H7931 in the clefts H2288 of the rock H5553 , whose habitation H7675 is high H4791 ; that saith H559 in his heart H3820 , Who H4310 shall bring me down H3381 to the ground H776 ?
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4. Even if you fly high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there," says the Lord.
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4. Though H518 thou exalt H1361 thyself as the eagle H5404 , and though H518 thou set H7760 thy nest H7064 among H996 the stars H3556 , thence H4480 H8033 will I bring thee down H3381 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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5. "You will really be ruined! If thieves came to you, if robbers came by night, they would steal only enough for themselves. If workers came and picked the grapes from your vines, they would leave a few behind.
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5. If H518 thieves H1590 came H935 to thee, if H518 robbers H7703 by night H3915 , ( how H349 art thou cut off H1820 !) would they not H3808 have stolen H1589 till they had enough H1767 ? if H518 the grape gatherers H1219 came H935 to thee , would they not H3808 leave H7604 some grapes H5955 ?
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6. But you, Edom, will really lose everything! People will find all your hidden treasures!
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6. How H349 are the things of Esau H6215 searched out H2664 ! how are his hidden things H4710 sought up H1158 !
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7. All the people who are your friends will force you out of the land. The people who are at peace with you will trick you and defeat you. Those who eat your bread with you now are planning a trap for you, and you will not notice it."
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7. All H3605 the men H376 of thy confederacy H1285 have brought H7971 thee even to H5704 the border H1366 : the men H376 that were at peace H7965 with thee have deceived H5377 thee, and prevailed H3201 against thee; they that eat thy bread H3899 have laid H7760 a wound H4204 under H8478 thee: there is none H369 understanding H8394 in him.
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8. The Lord says, "On that day I will surely destroy the wise people from Edom, and those with understanding from the mountains of Edom.
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8. Shall I not H3808 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , even destroy H6 the wise H2450 men out of Edom H4480 H123 , and understanding H8394 out of the mount H4480 H2022 of Esau H6215 ?
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9. Then, city of Teman, your best warriors will be afraid, and everyone from the mountains of Edom will be killed.
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9. And thy mighty H1368 men , O Teman H8487 , shall be dismayed H2865 , to the end that H4616 every one H376 of the mount H4480 H2022 of Esau H6215 may be cut off H3772 by slaughter H4480 H6993 .
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10. You did violence to your relatives, the Israelites, so you will be covered with shame and destroyed forever.
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10. For thy violence H4480 H2555 against thy brother H251 Jacob H3290 shame H955 shall cover H3680 thee , and thou shalt be cut off H3772 forever H5769 .
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11. You stood aside without helping while strangers carried Israel's treasures away. and threw lots to decide what part of Jerusalem they would take, you were like one of them.
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11. In the day H3117 that thou stoodest H5975 on the other side H4480 H5048 , in the day H3117 that the strangers H2114 carried away captive H7617 his forces H2428 , and foreigners H5237 entered into H935 his gates H8179 , and cast H3032 lots H1486 upon H5921 Jerusalem H3389 , even H1571 thou H859 wast as one H259 of H4480 them.
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12. "Edom, do not laugh at your brother Israel in his time of trouble or be happy about the people of Judah when they are destroyed. Do not brag when cruel things are done to them.
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12. But thou shouldest not H408 have looked H7200 on the day H3117 of thy brother H251 in the day H3117 that he became a stranger H5237 ; neither H408 shouldest thou have rejoiced H8055 over the children H1121 of Judah H3063 in the day H3117 of their destruction H6 ; neither H408 shouldest thou have spoken proudly H1431 H6310 in the day H3117 of distress H6869 .
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13. Do not enter the city gate of my people in their time of trouble or laugh at their problems in their time of trouble. Do not take their treasures in their time of trouble.
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13. Thou shouldest not H408 have entered H935 into the gate H8179 of my people H5971 in the day H3117 of their calamity H343 ; yea H1571 , thou H859 shouldest not H408 have looked H7200 on their affliction H7451 in the day H3117 of their calamity H343 , nor H408 have laid H7971 hands on their substance H2428 in the day H3117 of their calamity H343 ;
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14. Do not stand at the crossroads to destroy those who are trying to escape. Do not capture those who escape alive and turn them over to their enemy in their time of trouble.
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14. Neither H408 shouldest thou have stood H5975 in H5921 the crossway H6563 , to cut off H3772 H853 those of his that did escape H6412 ; neither H408 shouldest thou have delivered up H5462 those of his that did remain H8300 in the day H3117 of distress H6869 .
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15. "The Lord's day of judging is coming soon to all the nations. The same evil things you did to other people will happen to you; they will come back upon your own head.
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15. For H3588 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is near H7138 upon H5921 all H3605 the heathen H1471 : as H834 thou hast done H6213 , it shall be done H6213 unto thee : thy reward H1576 shall return H7725 upon thine own head H7218 .
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16. Because you drank in my Temple, all the nations will drink on and on. They will drink and drink until they disappear.
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16. For H3588 as H834 ye have drunk H8354 upon H5921 my holy H6944 mountain H2022 , so shall all H3605 the heathen H1471 drink H8354 continually H8548 , yea , they shall drink H8354 , and they shall swallow down H3886 , and they shall be H1961 as though they had not H3808 been H1961 .
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17. But on Mount Zion some will escape the judgment, and it will be a holy place. from those who took it from them.
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17. But upon mount H2022 Zion H6726 shall be H1961 deliverance H6413 , and there shall be H1961 holiness H6944 ; and the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 shall possess H3423 H853 their possessions H4180 .
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18. The people of Jacob will be like a fire and the people of Joseph like a flame. But the people of Esaun will be like dry stalks. The people of Jacob will set them on fire and burn them up. There will be no one left of the people of Esau." This will happen because the Lord has said it.
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18. And the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 shall be H1961 a fire H784 , and the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 a flame H3852 , and the house H1004 of Esau H6215 for stubble H7179 , and they shall kindle H1814 in them , and devour H398 them ; and there shall not H3808 be H1961 any remaining H8300 of the house H1004 of Esau H6215 ; for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it .
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19. Then God's people will regain southern Judah from Edom; they will take back the mountains of Edom. They will take back the western hills from the Philistines. They will regain the lands of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will take over Gilead.
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19. And they of the south H5045 shall possess H3423 H853 the mount H2022 of Esau H6215 ; and they of the plain H8219 H853 the Philistines H6430 : and they shall possess H3423 H853 the fields H7704 of Ephraim H669 , and the fields H7704 of Samaria H8111 : and Benjamin H1144 shall possess H853 Gilead H1568 .
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20. People from Israel who once were forced to leave their homes will take the land of the Canaanites, all the way to Zarephath. in Sepharad will take back the cities of southern Judah.
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20. And the captivity H1546 of this H2088 host H2426 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 shall possess that H834 of the Canaanites H3669 , even unto H5704 Zarephath H6886 ; and the captivity H1546 of Jerusalem H3389 , which H834 is in Sepharad H5614 , shall possess H3423 H853 the cities H5892 of the south H5045 .
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21. Powerful warriors will go up on Mount Zion, where they will rule the people living on Edom's mountains. And the kingdom will belong to the Lord.
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21. And saviors H3467 shall come up H5927 on mount H2022 Zion H6726 to judge H8199 the H853 mount H2022 of Esau H6215 ; and the kingdom H4410 shall be H1961 the LORD H3068 's.
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