1. The vision of Obadiah.The Lord God proclaims concerning Edom:We have heard a message from the Lord—a messenger has been sent among the nations:"Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!"
2. Look now, I will make you of little importance among the nations;you will be totally despised.
3. Your proud heart has tricked you—you who live in the cracks of the rock,whose dwelling is high above.You who say in your heart,"Who will bring me down to the ground?"
4. Though you soar like the eagle,though your nest is set among the stars,I will bring you down from there,says the Lord.
5. If thieves approach you,if robbers by night—how you’ve been devastated!—wouldn’t they steal only what they wanted?If those who gather grapes came to you,wouldn’t they leave some grapes?
6. How Esau has been looted,his treasures taken away!