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Text -- Obadiah 1:1-13 (NET)
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God’s Judgment on Edom
1:1 The vision that Obadiah saw. The Lord God says this concerning Edom : We have heard a report from the Lord . An envoy was sent among the nations , saying, “Arise ! Let us make war against Edom!”
1:2 The Lord says, “Look ! I will make you a weak nation ; you will be greatly despised !
1:3 Your presumptuous heart has deceived you– you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs , whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself, ‘No one can bring me down to the ground !’
1:4 Even if you were to soar high like an eagle , even if you were to make your nest among the stars , I can bring you down even from there !” says the Lord .
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 .
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NET Notes -> Oba 1:1; Oba 1:1; Oba 1:1; Oba 1:1; Oba 1:1; Oba 1:1; Oba 1:1; Oba 1:1; Oba 1:2; Oba 1:2; Oba 1:2; Oba 1:3; Oba 1:3; Oba 1:3; Oba 1:3; Oba 1:3; Oba 1:3; Oba 1:3; Oba 1:4; Oba 1:4; 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
NET Notes: Oba 1:1 Heb “Arise, and let us arise against her in battle!” The term “Edom” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the t...
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NET Notes: Oba 1:2 Heb “I will make you small among the nations” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NRSV “least among the nations”; NCV “the smallest of ...
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NET Notes: Oba 1:3 Heb “Who can bring me down?” This rhetorical question implies a negative answer: “No one!”
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NET Notes: Oba 1:4 The present translation follows the reading תָּשִׂים (tasim; active) rather than שִׁ...
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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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