The vision
of Obadiah.
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.
Abdias
Αβδιου
abdiou
Behold, I have made
thee small
among the heathen:
thou art greatly
despised.
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?
stone
πετρῶν
petrōn
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.
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?
gatherer of grapes
τρυγηταὶ
trygētai
small grapes left for gleaners
ἐπιφυλλίδα
epiphyllida
How are the things of Esau
searched out!
how are his hidden
things sought up!
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.
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?
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.
For thy violence
against thy brother
Jacob
shame
shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off
for ever.
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.
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.
in need of
ἐπίδῃς
epidēs
rejoice over
ἐπιχαρῇς
epicharēs
boaster
μεγαλορρημονήσῃς
megalorrēmonēsēs
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;
in need of
ἐπίδῃς
epidēs
put on together
συνεπιθῇ
synepithē
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.
passing through
διεκβολὰς
diekbolas
return safely
ἀνασῳζομένους
anasōzomenous
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.
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.
But upon mount
Zion
shall be deliverance,
and there shall be holiness;
and the house
of Jacob
shall possess
their possessions.
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.
wheat-bearing
πυροφόρος
pyrophoros
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.
possess
κατακληρονομήσουσιν
kataklēronomēsousin
Nageb
Ναγεβ
nageb
Sephēla
Σεφηλα
sephēla
possess
κατακληρονομήσουσιν
kataklēronomēsousin
plain
πεδίον
pedion
Galaaditis
Γαλααδῖτιν
galaaditin
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.
Ephratha
Εφραθα
ephratha
Nageb
Ναγεβ
nageb
And saviours
shall come up
on mount
Zion
to judge
the mount
of Esau;
and the kingdom
shall be the LORD'S.
