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Obadiah 1 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Edom Will Be Humbled

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 - The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD concerning Edom—
We have heard a report from the LORD,
And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“Arise and let us go against her for battle”—

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 - “Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:3 - “The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of [fn]the rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - “Though you build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - “If thieves came to you,
If [fn]robbers by night—
O how you will be ruined!—
Would they not steal only [fn]until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not leave some gleanings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:6 - “O how Esau will be ransacked,
And his hidden treasures searched out!

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:7 - “All the men [fn]allied with you
Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is no understanding [fn]in him.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:8 - “Will I not on that day,” declares the LORD,
“Destroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:9 - “Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman,
So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - “Because of violence to your brother Jacob,
[fn]You will be covered with shame,
And you will be cut off forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 - “On the day that you stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And cast lots for Jerusalem—
You too were as one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:12 - “Do not [fn]gloat over your brother’s day,
The day of his misfortune.
And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Yes, do not [fn]boast
In the day of their distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13 - “Do not enter the gate of My people
In the day of their disaster.
Yes, you, do not [fn]gloat over their calamity
In the day of their disaster.
And do not loot their wealth
In the day of their disaster.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:14 - “Do not stand at the fork of the road
To cut down their fugitives;
And do not imprison their survivors
In the day of their distress.

The Day of the LORD and the Future

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:15 - “For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you.
Your dealings will return on your own head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:16 - “Because just as you drank on My holy mountain,
All the nations will drink continually.
They will drink and [fn]swallow
And become as if they had never existed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:17 - “But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape,
And it will be holy.
And the house of Jacob will possess their possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:18 - “Then the house of Jacob will be a fire
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set [fn]them on fire and consume [fn]them,
So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:19 - Then those of the [fn]Negev will possess the mountain of Esau,
And those of the [fn]Shephelah the Philistine plain;
Also, possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,
And Benjamin will possess Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:20 - And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel,
Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,
And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
Will possess the cities of the Negev.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:21 - The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion
To judge the mountain of Esau,
And the kingdom will be the LORD’S.
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Or, Sela
Literally: devastators of the night
Literally: their sufficiency
Literally: of your covenant
I.e. in Esau; or of it
Literally: Shame will cover you
Literally: look on
Literally: make your mouth large
Literally: look on
Or, stagger
I.e. the people of Esau
I.e. South country
I.e. the foothills
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