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Obadiah 1 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 - The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 - Behold, I have made thee small among the nations: thou art greatly despised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:3 - The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O 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?

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:6 - How are the things of Esau searched! how are his hidden treasures sought out!

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:7 - All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:8 - Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:9 - And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:10 - For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:11 - In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:12 - But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither speak proudly in the day of distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:13 - Enter not into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, look not thou on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither lay ye hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:14 - And stand thou not in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; and deliver not up those of his that remain in the day of distress.

The Day of the LORD and the Future

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:15 - For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:16 - For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:17 - But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 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 burn among them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining to the house of Esau; for Jehovah hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:19 - And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau, and they of the lowland the Philistines; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:20 - And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:21 - And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah’s.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
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Obadiah Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras