1The vision of Obadiah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah , and an ambassador is sent among the nations , saying , Arise ye , and let us rise up against her in battle . 2Behold , I have made thee small among the nations : thou art greatly despised. 3The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock , whose habitation is high ; that saith in his heart , Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4Though thou mount on high as the eagle , and though thy nest be set among the stars , I will bring thee down from thence , saith Jehovah . 5If thieves came to thee , if robbers by night (how art thou cut off !), would they not steal only till they had enough ? if grape-gatherers came to thee , would they not leave some gleaning grapes ? 6How are the things of Esau searched ! how are his hidden treasures sought out ! 7All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way , even to the border : the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee , and prevailed against thee ; they that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee : there is no understanding in him . 8Shall I not in that day , saith Jehovah , destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau ? 9And thy mighty men , O Teman , shall be dismayed , to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter . 10For the violence done to thy brother Jacob , shame shall cover thee , and thou shalt be cut off for ever .
The Destruction of Edom
11In the day that thou stoodest on the other side , in the day that strangers carried away his substance , and foreigners entered into his gates , and cast lots upon Jerusalem , even thou wast as one of them . 12But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster , and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress . 13Enter not into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity ; yea , look not thou on their affliction in the day of their calamity , neither lay ye hands on their substance in the day of their calamity . 14And stand thou not in the crossway , to cut off those of his that escape ; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress .
The Restoration of Israel
15For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations : as thou hast done , it shall be done unto thee ; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head . 16For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain , so shall all the nations drink continually ; yea , they shall drink , and swallow down , and shall be as though they had not been . 17But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape , and it shall be holy ; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions . 18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire , and the house of Joseph a flame , and the house of Esau for stubble , and they shall burn among them , and devour them ; and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau ; for Jehovah hath spoken it . 19And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau , and they of the lowland the Philistines ; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria ; and Benjamin shall possess Gilead . 20And the captives of this host of the children of Israel , that are among the Canaanites , shall possess even unto Zarephath ; and the captives of Jerusalem , that are in Sepharad , shall possess the cities of the South . 21And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau ; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah ’s.