Obadiah 1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Obadiah 1Proud Edom Will Be Brought Low

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whose dwelling is in the heights.

You say in your heart,

“Who will bring me down to the ground?”

4 your brother

on the day of his misfortune;

you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah

on the day of their ruin;

you should not have boasted

on the day of distress.

13 disaster

on the day of his calamity;

you should not have stolen his goods

on the day of his calamity.

14You should not have stood at the crossings

to cut off his fugitives;

you should not have handed over his survivors

on the day of distress.

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and shall be as though they had never been.

Israel’s Final Triumph

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shall possess Phoenicia as far as Zarephath,

and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad

shall possess the towns of the Negeb.

21 shall go up to Mount Zion

to rule Mount Esau,

and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.