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Text -- Obadiah 1:5-21 (NET)
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1:5 “If thieves came to rob you during the night , they would steal only as much as they wanted ! If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, they would leave some behind for the poor ! But you will be totally destroyed !
1:6 How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered ! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked !
1:7 All your allies will force you from your homeland ! Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you. Your trusted friends will set an ambush for you that will take you by surprise !
1:8 At that time ,” the Lord says , “I will destroy the wise sages of Edom ! the advisers from Esau’s mountain !
1:9 Your warriors will be shattered , O Teman , so that everyone will be destroyed from Esau’s mountain !
Edom’s Treachery Against Judah
1:10 “Because you violently slaughtered your relatives , the people of Jacob , shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever .
1:11 You stood aloof while strangers took his army captive , and foreigners advanced to his gates . When they cast lots over Jerusalem , you behaved as though you were in league with them .
1:12 You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity. You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed . You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity .
1:13 You should not have entered the city of my people when they experienced distress . You should not have joined in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress . You should not have looted their wealth when they endured distress .
1:14 You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape . You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity .
The Coming Day of the Lord
1:15 “For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations ! Just as you have done , so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve .
1:16 For just as you have drunk on my holy mountain , so all the nations will drink continually . They will drink , and they will gulp down ; they will be as though they had never been .
1:17 But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape , and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants of Jacob will conquer those who had conquered them.
1:18 The descendants of Jacob will be a fire , and the descendants of Joseph a flame . The descendants of Esau will be like stubble . They will burn them up and devour them. There will not be a single survivor of the descendants of Esau !” Indeed , the Lord has spoken it.
1:19 The people of the Negev will take possession of Esau’s mountain , and the people of the Shephelah will take possession of the land of the Philistines . They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria , and the people of Benjamin will take possession of Gilead .
1:20 The exiles of this fortress of the people of Israel will take possession of what belongs to the people of Canaan , as far as Zarephath , and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will take possession of the towns of the Negev .
1:21 Those who have been delivered will go up on Mount Zion in order to rule over Esau’s mountain . Then the Lord will reign as King!
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NET Notes -> Oba 1:5; Oba 1:5; Oba 1:5; Oba 1:5; Oba 1:5; Oba 1:5; Oba 1:5; Oba 1:6; Oba 1:6; Oba 1:6; Oba 1:6; Oba 1:7; Oba 1:7; Oba 1:7; Oba 1:7; Oba 1:7; Oba 1:7; Oba 1:7; Oba 1:7; Oba 1:8; Oba 1:8; Oba 1:8; Oba 1:8; Oba 1:9; Oba 1:9; Oba 1:9; Oba 1:9; Oba 1:10; Oba 1:10; Oba 1:10; Oba 1:10; Oba 1:10; Oba 1:11; Oba 1:11; Oba 1:11; Oba 1:11; Oba 1:11; Oba 1:11; Oba 1:12; Oba 1:12; Oba 1:12; Oba 1:12; Oba 1:12; Oba 1:12; Oba 1:12; Oba 1:13; Oba 1:13; Oba 1:13; Oba 1:13; Oba 1:13; Oba 1:13; Oba 1:14; Oba 1:14; Oba 1:14; Oba 1:14; Oba 1:15; Oba 1:15; Oba 1:15; Oba 1:15; Oba 1:16; Oba 1:16; Oba 1:16; Oba 1:17; Oba 1:17; Oba 1:17; Oba 1:17; Oba 1:18; Oba 1:19; Oba 1:19; Oba 1:19; Oba 1:19; Oba 1:19; Oba 1:19; Oba 1:19; Oba 1:19; Oba 1:19; Oba 1:20; Oba 1:20; Oba 1:20; Oba 1:20; Oba 1:20; Oba 1:21; Oba 1:21; Oba 1:21
NET Notes: Oba 1:5 Heb “O how you will be cut off.” This emotional interjection functions rhetorically as the prophet’s announcement of judgment on Edo...
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NET Notes: Oba 1:6 Heb “searched out” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “pillaged”; TEV “looted”; NLT “found and taken.” This pictures...
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NET Notes: Oba 1:8 Heb “and understanding from the mountain of Esau.” The phrase “I will remove the men of…” does not appear in the Hebrew ...
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NET Notes: Oba 1:15 Heb “your deed will return on your own head.” Verses 15 and 16 provide an example of ironic reversal, whereby the tables are turned and po...
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NET Notes: Oba 1:16 The judgment is compared here to intoxicating wine, which the nations are forced to keep drinking (v. 16). Just as an intoxicating beverage eventually...
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NET Notes: Oba 1:17 The present translation follows the reading מוֹרִשֵׁיהֶם (morishehem; literall...
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NET Notes: Oba 1:19 Gilead is a mountainous region on the eastern side of the Jordan River in what is today the country of Jordan.
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NET Notes: Oba 1:20 The exact location of Sepharad is uncertain. Suggestions include a location in Spain, or perhaps Sparta in Greece, or perhaps Sardis in Asia Minor. Fo...
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