¶ The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning¹ Edom; We² have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an³ ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise⁴ ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

⁵Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

The pride⁶ of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou⁷ that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith⁸ in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Though thou exalt⁹ thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among¹⁰ the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

If thieves came to thee, if robbers¹¹ by night, (how¹² art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the¹³ grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes¹⁴?

How are the¹⁵ things of Esau searched out! how are his¹⁶ hidden things sought up!

All the men of¹⁷ thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee¹⁸ have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread¹⁹ have laid a wound under thee: there is²⁰ none understanding in him²¹.

Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even²² destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

And thy²³ mighty men, O²⁴ Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every²⁵ one of the mount²⁶ of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

¶ For thy violence²⁷ against thy brother Jacob shame²⁸ shall cover thee, and²⁹ thou shalt be cut off for ever.

In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the³⁰ strangers carried away captive his forces³¹, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even³² thou wast as one of them.

But thou³³ shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced³⁴ over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have³⁵ spoken proudly³⁶ in the day of distress.

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked³⁷ on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance³⁸ in the day of their calamity;

Neither shouldest³⁹ thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up⁴⁰ those of his that did remain in the day⁴¹ of distress.

For the day⁴² of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as⁴³ thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

For as ye⁴⁴ have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down⁴⁵, and they shall be⁴⁶ as though they had not been.

¶ But upon⁴⁷ mount Zion shall be⁴⁸ deliverance⁴⁹, and there shall be holiness⁵⁰; and the house of Jacob shall possess⁵¹ their possessions.

And the house of Jacob shall be⁵² a fire, and the house of Joseph⁵³ a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble⁵⁴, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there⁵⁵ shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

And they of the south⁵⁶ shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain⁵⁷ the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim⁵⁸, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin⁵⁹ shall possess Gilead.

¶ And the captivity of this⁶⁰ host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath⁶¹; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

And saviours⁶³ shall come up on mount Zion to judge⁶⁴ the mount of Esau; and the⁶⁵ kingdom shall be the LORD'S.