rwbs - Obadiah:1

rwbs@Obadiah:1:1 @ 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.

rwbs@Obadiah:1:2 @ Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

rwbs@Obadiah:1:3 @ The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

rwbs@Obadiah:1:4 @ Though thou shalt exalt as the eagle, and though thou shalt set thy nest among the stars, from there will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Obadiah:1:5 @ 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 grapes? (note:)some…: or, gleanings?(:note)

rwbs@Obadiah:1:6 @ How are of Esau searched out! are his hidden things sought!

rwbs@Obadiah:1:7 @ All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, prevailed against thee; thy bread have laid a trap under thee: no understanding in him. (note:)that were…: Hebrews. of thy peace(:note)they…: Heb. the men of thy breadin him: or, of it

rwbs@Obadiah:1:8 @ Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

rwbs@Obadiah:1:9 @ And thy mighty, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

rwbs@Obadiah:1:10 @ For violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

rwbs@Obadiah:1:11 @ 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 as one of them. (note:)captive…: or, his substance(:note)

rwbs@Obadiah:1:12 @ 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. (note:)spoken…: Hebrews. magnified thy mouth(:note)

rwbs@Obadiah:1:13 @ 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 on their substance in the day of their calamity; (note:)substance: or, forces(:note)

rwbs@Obadiah:1:14 @ Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escaped; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that remained in the day of distress. (note:)delivered up: or, shut up(:note)

rwbs@Obadiah:1:15 @ For the day of the LORD near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done to thee: thy reward shall return upon thy own head.

rwbs@Obadiah:1:16 @ For as ye drank upon my holy mountain, 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. (note:)swallow…: or, sup up(:note)

rwbs@Obadiah:1:17 @ But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. (note:)deliverance: or, they that escape(:note)there…: or, it shall be holy

rwbs@Obadiah:1:18 @ 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 remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken.

rwbs@Obadiah:1:19 @ And the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin Gilead.

rwbs@Obadiah:1:20 @ And the captives of this host of the children of Israel that of the Canaanites, to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, which in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. (note:)which…: or, shall possess that which is in(:note)

rwbs@Obadiah:1:21 @ And deliverers shall come upon mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.