1 ¶ The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. See also: Amos 1:11-12 Joel 3:19 Isaiah 63:1-6 Ezekiel 25:12-14 Ezekiel 35:3-15
2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. See also: Numbers 24:18 Isaiah 23:9 Luke 1:51-52 Job 34:25-29 Micah 7:10
3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, 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? See also: Isaiah 14:13-15 Proverbs 29:23 Jeremiah 49:16 Isaiah 16:6 2 Kings 14:7
4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. See also: Job 20:6-7 Isaiah 14:12-15 Amos 9:2 Habakkuk 2:9 Jeremiah 49:16
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? See also: Deuteronomy 24:21 Jeremiah 49:9 Isaiah 17:6 2 Samuel 1:19 Isaiah 14:12
6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! See also: Jeremiah 49:10 Psalms 139:1 Isaiah 10:13-14 Isaiah 45:3 Jeremiah 50:37
7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. See also: Psalms 41:9 Jeremiah 30:14 Jeremiah 49:7 John 13:18 Psalms 55:12-13
8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? See also: Isaiah 29:14 Job 5:12-14 Psalms 33:10 Isaiah 19:3 Isaiah 19:13-14
9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. See also: Isaiah 63:1-3 Ezekiel 25:13 Amos 1:12 Genesis 36:11 Isaiah 34:5-8
10 ¶ For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. See also: Amos 1:11 Genesis 27:41 Malachi 1:3-4 Psalms 89:45 Psalms 137:7
11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. See also: Psalms 137:7 Nahum 3:10 Joel 3:3 2 Kings 25:11 Psalms 50:18
12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. See also: Proverbs 17:5 Ezekiel 35:15 Micah 4:11 1 Samuel 2:3 Proverbs 24:17-18
13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; See also: Ezekiel 35:5 Zechariah 1:15 2 Samuel 16:12 Psalms 22:17 Ezekiel 35:10
14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. See also: Genesis 35:3 Psalms 31:8 Isaiah 37:3 Jeremiah 30:7 Amos 1:6
15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. See also: James 2:13 Habakkuk 2:8 Ezekiel 30:3 Matthew 7:2 Micah 5:15
16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. See also: Joel 3:17 Jeremiah 49:12 Isaiah 51:22-23 Jeremiah 25:15-16 Psalms 75:8-9
17 ¶ But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. See also: Amos 9:11-15 Revelation 21:27 Isaiah 14:1-2 Joel 3:19-21 Amos 9:8
18 And 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 kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. See also: Zechariah 12:6 Isaiah 10:17 Ezekiel 37:19 Micah 5:8 Isaiah 5:24
19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. See also: Jeremiah 32:44 Amos 9:12 Zephaniah 2:4-7 Jeremiah 31:4-6 Ezekiel 36:28
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. See also: 1 Kings 17:9-10 Luke 4:26 Jeremiah 32:44 Jeremiah 33:13 Jeremiah 3:18
21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S. See also: Zechariah 14:9 James 5:20 Daniel 7:27 Revelation 11:15 Psalms 22:28