Obadiah

1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard the voice of the Lord, and a messenger has been sent to the nations: “Arise, and let us rise up against this people to battle!”
2 Behold, I have made you small among the nations; you are greatly despised.
3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rocks, in your lofty dwelling place, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”
4 Though you soar like the eagle, and though you make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord.
5 If robbers came to you, or plunderers by night—how you have been destroyed!—would they not steal enough for themselves? If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
6 How Esau’s possessions were searched out! His hidden treasures were sought out!
7 All your allies have deceived you; They have driven you to the farthest reaches; those at peace with you have turned against you; those who ate your bread have laid a snare for you; there is no understanding in it.
8 “Shall I not in that day destroy the wise men of Edom, and the wisdom of Mount Esau?” declares the Lord.
9 Your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed; for every man of Mount Esau shall be cut off by the slaughter.
10 For the wrong you have done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.
11 On the day when you stood before foreigners carried off his army captive, and strangers entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you too were like one of them.
12 For you should not have lingered on the day of your brother’s misfortune, on the day of his calamity; You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah on the day of their destruction, nor should you have boasted on the day of their distress.
13 You should not have entered the gate of my people on the day of their calamity; no, you should not have looked upon their misery on the day of their ruin, nor laid hands on their possessions on the day of their disaster.
14 You should not have stood at the crossroads to kill those who escaped from them; nor should you have handed over those who remained on the day of their distress.