1. The vision of Obadiah.Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom:We have heard a message from the Lord,and a herald has been sent among the nations:“Rise up, so we may go to war against it!”
2. Now I make you least among the nations;you are utterly contemptible.
3. The pride of your heart has deceived you—you who dwell in mountain crevices,in your lofty home,Who say in your heart,“Who will bring me down to earth?”
4. Though you soar like the eagle,and your nest is set among the stars,From there I will bring you down—oracle of the Lord.
5. If thieves came to you, robbers by night—how you have been destroyed!—would they not steal merely till they had enough?If grape pickers came to you,would they not leave some gleanings?
6. How Esau has been searched out,his treasures hunted down!
7. To the border they have driven you—all your allies;Your partners have deceived you,they have overpowered you;Those who eat your breadwill replace you with foreigners,who have no understanding.
8. On that day—oracle of the Lord—will I notmake the wise disappear from Edom,and understanding from Mount Esau?
9. Teman, your warriors will be terror-stricken,so that everyone on Mount Esau will be cut down.
10. Because of violence to your brother Jacob,disgrace will cover you,you will be done away with forever!