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Obadiah

Chapter 1

1 This is a message that Yahweh our God gave to me, Obadiah, about the people of Edom. Yahweh our God has told me this about the people of Edom:

     “I have sent a messenger to other nations,

         telling them to prepare to go and attack Edom.” 2 And Yahweh says this to the people of Edom:

     “I will soon cause you to become the weakest

         and most despised nation on the earth.

     3 Your capital city is high in the rocky cliffs,

         and you are very proud.

     You think that you are safe because no army can attack you.

         But you have deceived yourselves.

     4 I tell you that even if you had wings and could fly as high as eagles fly, and if you could make your homes among the stars,

         you would still not be safe there from the attackers that I am sending.

     5 When thieves break into someone’s house during the night and rob them,

         they certainly steal only the things that they want.

     And people who pick grapes always leave a few grapes on the vines.

         But attackers will completely destroy your country!

     6 Descendants of Esau, these attackers will take away everything that is valuable.

         They will even find and take away the valuable things that you have hidden.

     7 All your allies will turn against you, and they will force you to leave your country.

         Those with whom you have peace now will trick you and defeat you.

     Those who eat meals with you now are planning to trap you,

         and then they will say to you, ‘You are not as clever as you thought you were!’

     8 I, Yahweh, declare that at that time,

         I will destroy all the wise men in Edom. No one living in those cliffs will know what to do any more.

     9 The soldiers in the army of Edom will become terrified.

         And when your army stops fighting, the attackers will completely destroy all you people who live in the land of Edom.”

     10 “You acted cruelly to your relatives who are descendants of Jacob, the twin brother of your ancestor Esau.

         So now you will feel ashamed, and the attackers will destroy you forever.

     11 You did nothing to help the Israelites when strangers carried away their wealth.

         They conquered all the cities of Judah, and they even plundered Jerusalem.

         And you were just as bad as those foreigners, because you did nothing to help.

     12 You should not have gloated about the disaster that the Israelites were experiencing.

     You should not have been happy when their towns were ruined.

         You should not have made fun of them when they were suffering.

     13 They are my people, so you should not have entered their city gates when they were experiencing those disasters.

     Yes, you! You should not have laughed at them.

         You women should not have taken away their valuable possessions.

     14 You should not have stood at crossroads and killed some of those who were trying to escape.

         You should not have captured others and turned them over to their enemies when they were experiencing those disasters.”

     15 “You should have helped others, because the time is coming soon when I, Yahweh, will judge and punish all the nations.

         I will do the same things to you people of Edom that you did to others.

         The same evil things that you did to others will happen to you.

     16 You should have helped others, because now I am going to punish you in the holy place where I reign.

     In the same way, I will continue to punish all the other nations.

         I will punish them severely and make them disappear completely.

     17 But some people in Jerusalem will escape,

     and it will become a holy place.

         Then the Israelites will once again occupy the land that belongs to them.

     18 The Israelites will be like a fire. Yes, they will be like a flame.

     They will destroy the people of Edom, just as fire completely burns up dry grass.

         None of the descendants of Edom will survive.

         This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it will happen.”

     19 The Israelites who live in the southern Judean wilderness are the ones who will capture the land of Edom.

     Those who live in the western foothills will capture the region of Phoenicia.

         The Israelites will capture the areas of Ephraim and Samaria.

         The people of the tribe of Benjamin will capture the region east of the Jordan River.

     20 A great number of the people of Israel were captured and taken away from their homes. They will return, and they will capture the land where the people of Canaan lived. They will occupy that land as far north as Zarephath.

         Some of the people of Israel were captured and taken away from Jerusalem. They now live in Sepharad. They will return and occupy the cities in the southern Judean wilderness.

     21 After Israel’s military leaders conquer the land of Edom, they will then rule over it from high up in Jerusalem.

         And Yahweh will be their king.