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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. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 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? 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. 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?* 6 How are *the things* of Esau searched out! *how* are his hidden things sought up! 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.*** 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? 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. 10 ¶ For *thy* violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 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.* 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.* 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;* 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.* 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. 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.* 17 ¶ But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.** 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*. 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. 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.* 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s. [Amos 9](/study/amos/9) [Jonah 1](/study/jonah/1) ## Commentary To verse 1 ** ***OBADIAH GENERAL OVE*** RV ***IEW OF THE BOOK*** This prophet’s period was probably just after Babylon conquered Judah, but before they conquered Edom, a conquest he proclaims ([Obadiah 1:1](/kjv/obadiah/1/1) ). Of the nations afflicting the Jews the chief were the Assyrians, the Babylonians and Edomites. Although the Edomites were close relatives to the Jews, they were the greatest enemies of all. They descended from Esau, the brother of Jacob, the ancestor of Israel. Examine a map to become familiar with their territory, and using a concordance or Bible dictionary, refresh your recollection of their relations with Israel in the past. Compare also [Jeremiah 49:7-22](/kjv/jeremiah/49/7-22) . The Edomites were not thought of very highly by their neighbors ([Obadiah 1:2](/kjv/obadiah/1/2) ), but were conceited in their own eyes. Why ([Obadiah 1:3](/kjv/obadiah/1/3) )? Would their supposedly impregnable situation save them ([Obadiah 1:4](/kjv/obadiah/1/4) )? What figures of speech show, by contrast, the thoroughness of the destruction to fall upon them ([Obadiah 1:5-6](/kjv/obadiah/1/5-6) )? Of what were they proud besides the physical features of their territory ([Obadiah 1:8-9](/kjv/obadiah/1/8-9) )? Why is judgment to fall upon them ([Obadiah 1:10](/kjv/obadiah/1/10) )? Note what they did in the case of Judah in her day of need: (1) They stood aloof ([Obadiah 1:11](/kjv/obadiah/1/11) ); (2) they rejoiced in her calamity ([Obadiah 1:12](/kjv/obadiah/1/12) ); (3) they boasted against her (same verse); (4) they shared in her spoiling ([Obadiah 1:13](/kjv/obadiah/1/13) ); (5) they prevented the escape of some of her people ([Obadiah 1:14](/kjv/obadiah/1/14) ); and (6) they actually delivered up some of them as prisoners (same verse). No wonder God speaks as He does ([Obadiah 1:15-16](/kjv/obadiah/1/15-16) )! And now mark the difference. Judah has been carried into captivity and her land was deserted, but was that condition in her case to continue ([Obadiah 1:17](/kjv/obadiah/1/17) )? On the contrary, what would be true of Edom ([Obadiah 1:18](/kjv/obadiah/1/18) )? In the day to come observe that while she will be swallowed up, Judah and Israel shall arise again, and possess not only their own land but that of Edom and Philistia as well ([Obadiah 1:19-20](/kjv/obadiah/1/19-20) ). It will be the day of the Messiah ([Obadiah 1:21](/kjv/obadiah/1/21) ). ***QUESTIONS*** 1. What was Obadiah’s period? 2. What is his mission? 3. What relation existed between the Edomites and Israelites? 4. Have you identified the territory of the first named on the map? 5. How did they show enmity toward Israel? 6. What contrast will be seen in Edom and Israel in the time to come? 7. 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