Edom Will Be Brought Down
1 The vision of Obadiah.
Thus says Lord Yahweh concerning Edom—
We have heard a report from Yahweh,
And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying,
“Arise! And let us arise against her for battle”—
2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.
3 The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the cliff,
In the height of your habitation,
Who says in his heart,
‘Who will bring me down to earth?’
4 Though you build loftily like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares Yahweh.
5 “If thieves came to you,
If robbers by night—
Oh how you will be ruined!—
Would they not thieve only until they had enough?
If grape gatherers came to you,
Would they not allow some gleanings to remain?
6 Oh how Esau will be searched out
And his hidden treasures ransacked!
7 All the men who have a covenant with you
Will send you forth to the border,
And the men at peace with you
Will deceive you and overpower you.
They who eat your bread
Will set an ambush for you.
(There is no discernment in him.)
8 Will I not on that day,” declares Yahweh,
“Cause the wise men to perish from Edom
And discernment from the mountain of Esau?
9 Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman,
So that each one may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
